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• Location of the Alienware 17 SSD drive?

  I own an Alienware 17 that I bought in January this year.  It came with an SSD of 256 MB.  That I found woefully inadequate for my purposes.  I'm at the clean temporary files every day so that I do not fill the drive.  I bought a new 1 TB Samsung SATA III SSD, but I can't find where the current SSD is installed.  There are two ports for HDD1 and HDD2 which are easily accessible.  I've added two 1 TB drives to these two, but I have no idea where the SSD is without tearing the laptop all out to find.  I watched the reference owners manual and there IS NO remove OR replace the SSD drive?

  Thank you

  Have

  The only left port is the mSATA located under the palm rest.

• 80 GB SSD drive Alienware-only 11 display in concert.

  When I specced my laptop, I chose this for the HD option.

  750 GB at 7200 RPM / MIN SATA 6 Gb/s + 80 GB SSD Caching mSATA

  Yet when I go to system information window it tells me that my SSD drive is

  Size 10.50 GB (11,271,139,328 bytes)

  I have an infestation of moths incredibly small HD and hunger, or did something clever with my other Dell 69Gig?

  It is indeed an mSATA 80G drive - however, it is probably dedicated to start fast, and part of it is defined as a cache for the main hard drive.  The partition that is left is the one you see.  If you want to install Windows on it, you will have to disable the cache function and repartition the disk SSD for WIndows (and 80G will no doubt limit that you can install - although it will help you get started, it will be not difficult to outperform a WIndows 80 G drive).

• REPLACE THE OPTICAL DRIVE SSD DRIVE

  Hello good hope of any good body today, I have question please, I want to spend my new laptop alienware 14 replace my scanner new SSD drive, so anyone can help or have any links to help step by step, in any case thank you for all for listening to wish you all good day, KMB

  Hello Kmbforever!

  Here is a video that will show you how to disassemble the optical driver, and if you want to add the secondary hard drive so you will need the support that he holds.

  You can contact Dell sales department in your country to see if they have it in stock.

• Problem of permutation of SSD in new Alienware 13

  I just got my new AW13 this week and I really like the system, but I wanted to swap out the HARD drive with a 500GB 1 TB SSD.

  I got a Crucial MX100 and used Acronis to copy all partitions on the original drive to the new.  I had the SSD drive in a box external usb and the system had no problem see the drive at all.  Everything seemed fine until I moved the SSD in the laptop of the outer envelope.  The laptop does not recognize that a disk is connected when I have the SSD connected directly to the port on the MB SATA.

  Here's what I've tried so far...  I checked to make sure I had a clean connection between the sata cable and the SSD and it seemed fine.  I check the connection of the cable SATA at the Mo and which was very good (unplugged and put back in place).  I put the old HDD in the system and he shot straight up.  I put the SSD drive in the USB box and it has been recognized and accessible.  I checked in the bios for all the parameters that would focus on the HARD drive and can't really see anything working to play with.  There is no raid option, so UHCI is the only option.  I called Crucial and asked them, but the laptop is so new, they don't have much info on what it is still of great help.  With the drive works when connected to USB, it concluded that maybe it was something specific to the cable that was not standard or maybe something in the bios.  I posted on the notebookreview forums and someone else had the same experience with another disc crucial, but try a samsung drive, and it worked fine on their AW13.

  I wanted to check here before I give the floor in support to see if anyone has had similar experiences and solved the problem.

  After that 2 hours with tech support, I was informed that the alienware system does not support the brand crucial ssd. They suggested that I buy a Samsung drive.

• Best external SSD drive?

  Looking for a new external SSD drive. What are some of the best out there for the money?  Really need 1 TB or more.

  Thank you!

  The fastest and most effective will be a PCIe SSD installed in an enclosed.  Understand that serves as an external SSD, speed may be limited by the connection in use and you can not achieve the performance that the SSD is capable of.  The fastest connection to date is Thunderbolt2, which may or may not be fast enough (I just don't know).

  You can get these here:

  https://eShop.MacSales.com/item/OWC/SSDAB2MB10K

  http://Store.mcetech.com/mm/Merchant.Mvc?Store_Code=MTOS & Screen = CTGY & Category_Co = PCIEFLASH

  Ciao.

• Run Windows 10 from an external SSD drive? Yes, it works!

  That's what I did to make it work. The whole process takes about 45 minutes, but I think that it really is worth it if you want to run quick and clean Windows 10 on your iMac.

  What you need:

  • An SSD external - data is deleted
  • An iMac 27 "(end of 2013 in my case)

  Temporarily, for the installation, you will also need:

  • A computer with Windows 7, 8 or 10 to copy the correct files on the SSD drive and make it bootable
  • A computer running with OS X download BootCamp
  • A USB - data is erased

  First, in Windows, you get a file ISO for Windows 10. You can use the media to https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10 authoring tool and choose to save it as ISO file (do not create a USB bootable media).

  1. Double-click on the. ISO file. This will mount the disk to install on a disk (in my case, the letter E).
  2. Connect the SSD drive to a free USB port
  3. Open an administrator command prompt and type:
     1. DiskPart
     2. list disk (to identify your external SSD drive number)
     3. select disk 2 (or another number to your external SSD drive, make sure you do not erase your internal drive, usually on 0).
     4. clean - be careful, if you have selected the wrong disc, erase all the data on it
     5. create part pri
     6. Quick format
     7. assign letter = O (or another letter if already used)
     8. assets
     9. output
     10. DISM/apply-image /imagefile:"E:\sources\install.esd" / index: 1 /ApplyDir:Y:------(change E to another letter for the ISO file mounted)
     11. BCDBOOT. EXE Y:\WINDOWS/s Y:/f BIOS (so that the boot in the BIOS only drive (not EFI))
     12. output
     13. Eject all disks properly or simply shut down your PC.

  Then on your Mac, open the wizard BootCamp (click on Launchpad and type "bootcamp" to find) and check ONLY "download the latest software of Apple's Windows support. Save it on your USB thumb drive. Stop your iMac. Remove the USB key and keep it in your hand.

  Turn on your iMac by pressing the option (alt) key. You will see an orange icon with Windows. Select this option and wait until you see 'Getting ready devices', wait a little longer until you hear the startup chime and press the option (alt) key to make sure that start you on the external hard drive. That's all!

  Now you have a copy of Windows from your external USB drive. You just need to install the BootCamp drivers on your USB (\Bootcamp\Setup.exe). Reset.

  Oh, you have 10 Windows running natively on your beautiful iMac.

  Enjoy!

  The answer is in the response. I don't know how to post a tip!

• Installation internal SSD drive and storage of documents on external hard drive

  Hello!

  I have an older iMac and I want to speed it up by installing a SSD drive.  Currently, my internal hard drive has 2 TB of storage, and I don't want to pay for one SSD of this size.  I consider the use of an external drive for my files and using the SSD internal applications and the operating system.  Can this work?  What is the internal SSD of minimum size I should get, more or less, according to my number of apps?   The documents will open at a decent speed?   It is up to me to use an external hard drive with a Firewire instead of USB connection?  Thank you!

  Hi Dan:

  Apps it really depends how much you use and what types of data you want to keep in vs SSD HARD drive.

  120-128 GB SSD: USD price: 60-70 price range.

  for 250/256 GB SSD: about USD: price range of 80-90

  for 500/512 GB SSD: about USD: price range of 130-150

  An external 2 TB drive: for laptop (USB bus-powered - usually 2.5 "HDD included): 90 us $, for the largest 3.5" Office style HDD: 90 USD

  For me:

  I store all my music on the external network drive (RAID 1 configuration, 2 TB, and 50 percent full this time), all my documents/pictures are still in my 500 GB SSD.

  I don't have much video projects on my SSD.

  

  I used about 200 GB in my internal SSD flash drive

  Good luck finding your best solution.

  Sam

• USB port from a digital Multiport card will not read the external SSD drive. Right USB - c for the USB adapter works fine.

  USB port from a digital Multiport card will not read the external SSD drive. Right USB - c for the USB adapter works fine.

  It's a new 12 '' MacBook

• How to move iTunes to support SSD drive on secondary disk files

  Hello

  I think the title pretty much everything said. My SSD drive app fills and although I have three drives in my desktop Mac PRO somehow the artwork & mobile apps are like 20 gigs. The music files are in a secondary drive. What is the best way to move all the files to support the HUGE secondary disk so I don't understand all of a sudden the dreaded exclamation point?

  Thank you

  Enio

  10.11.4 running

  In essence, you must keep the support files in the folder as the iTunes music files, then let iTunes knows where they are located.

  It is better than the iTunes folder everything will be moved to the external drive, not just the music and media files. The link below is instructions on how to do it properly. You "partially" here, but you should still be able to follow them, to make the move.

  How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Support

• Just create a boot SSD drive. You want to minumize what Mozilla wrote in the SSD. You want to change Max and log locations not SSD drive. Anyone know how?

  Just create a boot SSD drive. You want to minumize what Mozilla wrote in the SSD. You want to change Max and log locations not SSD drive. Someone knows how, I could not find where it change?

  See http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.cache.disk.parent_directory

  You can also install portable Firefox version, if you want to run Firefox on a disc of SS.

  • http://PortableApps.com/apps/Internet/firefox_portable

• Tecra S4 does not detect the SSD drive

  Hello together,

  I try to install a Samsung SSD 840 Pro to install in my Tecra S4. But when I try to install Windows 7, there is no detected SSD.

  What can I do that Windows detects the SSD drive?

  With greetings
  Golfbaer

  Hello

  You must add the SATA/RAID driver.
  Download from here:
  http://Support1.toshiba-tro.de/Tedd-files2/0/RAID-drv-20070719134547.zip

  Now, go to the BIOS and on the 3rd page of the BIOS, you can change the RAID settings to * 1RAID-0. *.
  Eventually, you will need to enter the password 1234 + and then press on + ENTER +.
  Now boot from the Windows 7 installation disc.
  Select "Custom Installation.
  Connect the USB where the RAID driver files

  Regarding the selection of the target (SSD drive isn't visible yet) disk, select "Load Driver" and navigate to the USB key, where is the folder with the drivers. Setup for Win 7 now allows you to select a memory stick USB attached.

  Confirm and after that we should include a list of available devices (SOLID-STATE drive)

• Re: Tecra R950-18F: win 8 Pro starts a new SSD drive

  Hello

  Having a few issues with the victory 8 DVD pro included with my laptop.

  BIOS is set as UEFI + secure boot, win 8 pro dvd starts and I can start recovery, after a while, he asks disc 2 and starts to recover win 8.

  After completion and reboot, it does not start and shows just the toshiba logo.

  Factory hdd with SSD OCZ VERTEX 4 is replaced by the bios.

  What could be the problem?

  > Drive HARD factory is replaced with SSD OCZ VERTEX 4 recognized by the Bios.

  You have the same start-up problems 8 win using the original HDD equipped Tecra R950?

  From my point of view, it would be possible that this laptop does not start successfully because of the new SSD.

  I recommend you check the previous HARD disk.
  If the laptop could start correctly, the problem is related to the new SSD drive.

  In some cases, it would be possible that the SSD firmware must be updated.

• Qosmio G30 - SSD drives are not recognized

  I have a Toshiba Qosmio G30-140 with two hard drives.
  One with Windows 7 and the other with XP.
  The system allows to start the 1st or the 2nd.

  To speed up the system got two Samsung 830 Series SSD drives
  model: MZ - 7PC256.
  The BIOS (BIOS ACPI version = 3.90), do not have the option and I have AHCI, I adopted
  1RAID-0.
  In this option, the discs to work independently.
  They work well, but the "Samsung SSD magician" application, does not recognize
  No SSD.

  I'm afraid that you do not work in the best conditions and which could have
  best performance.
  Thank you for helping understand me what isn't here and can improve the performance of SSDS magician.
  Thank you

  Hello

  I don t use this software Samsung SSD magician, but some people in the net reported that there is a new version of this utility in addition many people have problems using this software and this issue seems to depend on laptop but possible on the SSD drive.

  As much as I know there are other tools like Driver Magician or SSD Tweaker that perform similar functions as magician Samsung SSD

• Conversion HARD SSD drive on MBP 2010, need to program

  I have a 17 "middle MBP 2010 and in the process of conversion of SSD HARD drive.  I use the latest version of Mac OS X.  What program is recommended to mirror, for the SSD HARD drive image before installing? Or should I simply to reinstall all the programs instead, and then add the data?  A problem, I think that I have on this last approach is that I have many books in iBooks who came not through iTunes, and I see no way to export the data.  Are there times or saving strategies that I use in this business, the question of iBooks and the whole process of frustration?

  To install an SSD in a MBP is fundamentally no different from a HARD classic disc.  Format the SSD drive in disk utility > erase to Mac OS extended (journaled) and then copy the HDD to the SSD.  I recommend to use Carbon Copy Cloner for data transfer.  It copies everything. including the OSX and the recovery partition.

  Ciao.