So this does not have a Solid State drive but could you add one later?
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Most gaming laptops are designed to be modular, so even though the computer doesn't come with an SSD, you can generally swap one in easily. Same goes for disc drives, etc. I'm not sure if the drive that the laptop comes with is Blue-ray compatible or not, for example.
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NO, it is barebone so it needs a hard drive and memory. It requires an operating system as well whether you want to go open source with Linux or use Windows. I
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Sure. it just a HDD with some free software from WD. No need to install this software or keep it on a HDD ;)
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None. You can buy an external USB drive or share a drive from another computer. We use our portable for that purpose.
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If your desktop machine is the same as mine, you can add another drive in the removable slot. It must be a sata drive.
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It's a great drive but doesn't come with software other than the built in drivers. Check if you have a media player with your os and if not (windows 8) you can download some decent free software or buy some.
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No, it is a bare drive. I used a usb2IDE appliance and Clonezilla, a free OpenSource download.
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Yes, that is what we have ours connected to. You may have to reformat the drive by using disk utilities.
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The person I tried to do business with did not follow through,put a solid-state Samsung drive in and it will make the machine feel like brand-new.And you won't have to add the memory most likely.
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No, unfortunately not. An external drive is pretty cheap. I bought one when I bought the computer.
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You dont generally, the 80GB mSATA solid state drive is used by the OS for caching purposes. Or it could be configured to have the OS only installed on it not sure though. Can Seller clarify?
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Maybe. The form factor is ok, but I don't know, if this system can use the drive.
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I don't have any solid state drives so I can not say 100% sure but if the solid state drive can be used when attached to a SATA 3 or SATA 6 cable I suspect it will work fine. The device is designed to handle SATA drives.
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No there isn't. You'd have to purchase an external drive, but those aren't expensive these days.
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It's not a hard drive - just an enclosure. You would have to provide your own drive.
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You can leave the existing harddrive in it and add drives. Mine is one year older and has spots for 3 msata drives, plus the existing hhd. Rest is upgradeable also (video, wifi/bluetooth). I just upgraded my wifi to AC for $32, my msata 128g crucial drive was $97. This model has 4 ram slots the MSI site says 3 ssd slots.. has killer double shot lan/wifi. Turbo fan with just a button push. I love mine. I converted the new msata to the boot drive and use the existing for storage.
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It would have been helpful if you had described what you intend to do. Clone what, exactly, would be a good start. And do you have any extra hardware available, such as an unused HDD that could be used for temporary storage?