Can I open the cover and manually replace the HDD with SSD? if I can, what size of SSD can I use? (
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ok 2 points .... first i cant answer your question as i bought teh machine for my son at school. but I can tell you that one of the selling points wa that this laptop had an SSD and traditional HD. so not sure why you feel the need to replace onboard HD with another SSD. but i would imagine its pretty simple to do so
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Absolutely! I replaced the HD with an SSD (Samsung Pro 840 250GB). The computer works amazingly fast and it is so reliable especially after it was upgraded to Windows 8.1.
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From what i see, the enclosure has 4 small screws in the bottom and glued on feet on top of them. I haven't opened the case yet but I feel confident you can open and replace the drives. I wish you can buy the case and put the drive yourself. Ummm, let me check on that, come to think of it.
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You can use the disk utilities built into OS X when you boot up while holding down the Option button. If you have an external dock you can use to connect the new drive via USB you can easily restore the MacnintoshHD drive to the new larger SSD, then swap the drives and you are done.
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You can just pull it out to remove it. I think there is a tab you can pull as well. I don't sell SSD drives. I'm just a customer of the chassis and it worked for me.
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The stock HDD is revealed just by unscrewing the backplate on the bottom of the laptop. Replacing it is as easy as unscrewing 4 (maybe 6) off the caddy and HDD, and reverse to screw in the new SSD
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You can chose your own operating system. Then just load it on , we used a windows OS. Yea, you can use a SSD that fits your size and needs. Really easy unit to use .
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You could use a drive like this but what's the point - since the laptop already has a hybrid SSD/HDD set up. Additionally, I found this laptop to be slow and unresponsive until I installed an SSD drive (Samsung 840). I'd recommend just going with the largest SSD you can afford because it will really allow to use the rest of the laptop to its full potential. FInally, that particular drive is too thick at 9.5mm - there are mods to take some of these drives down to the required thickness of 7mm but again, what's the point - just get an SSD if anything.
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No, use your manufacture drive tool , third party software or simply reformat existing drive
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Current I have a 125gb ssd drive. 500gb ssd was not available when I purchased it. I suppose you could put one in.
1985512
Hello Pedro, you can install any current SSD size, I would recommend 128 or 256 GB better, thanks.
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I don't think that you can order it configured with an SSD, but it would be easy to purchase your favorite SSD and replace the HDD in the computer after it arrives. This computer has a lid on the bottom which makes it easy to access the drive.
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The drive I have in it is an SSD. But there is a small piece of foam you can add. The drive is not tight against any part of the case though.
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I did install SSD drive in mac book, to replace old drive, using duplicator/recovery machine to copy the drive. I would pick any other slim drive, and avoid the Seagate. The Seagate is NOT Compatible with most systems.
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None as far as I know of. I purchased the 480 gig version and all that came with it was the SSD and an adapter to make it fit in a 9mm drive space if needed. The Crucial website sells software to assist in installing the SSD so check it out to see if that will help.
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Go to their website. They have setups to build your own... this one is already setup. And yes, I believe they are replaceable. But why buy this model to just replace with bigger drives when they already sell 1, bigger drives and 2, setups to build your own...
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There is no magic here. There is a 3.5" SATA HDD inside the case. If you do a web search on 'teardown ST3000DM001' (or whatever model you choose) you can get instructions how to pull out the drive so you can install it inside any system. These are always cheaper than bare drives. Go figure. Of course you are likely to void your warranty in the process.