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Thread ID: 114386 2010-12-01 03:29:00 SATA and SSD Question... GR8Metal (14133) Press F1
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1157684 2010-12-01 03:29:00 Hi All,

If I have a laptop with an internal 320GB SATA II hard drive, can I remove this and install a SSD Drive? Does the laptop have to "support" SSD drives?

Cheers. :illogical
GR8Metal (14133)
1157685 2010-12-01 04:25:00 Yes CliveM (6007)
1157686 2010-12-01 04:28:00 1. Yes. 2. No. SSDs appear to the BIOS and OS as ordinary hard drives. pcuser42 (130)
1157687 2010-12-01 08:52:00 I thought so. Just wanted to check with team F1.
Cheers.
GR8Metal (14133)
1157688 2010-12-01 11:51:00 check to see how much GB your bios can read. the SSD's size may be bigger than your bios can read. tombrownzz (16109)
1157689 2010-12-01 18:52:00 check to see how much GB your bios can read. the SSD's size may be bigger than your bios can read.

Considering SSDs are generally smaller (in terms of capacity) than hard drives, that shouldn't be an issue.
pcuser42 (130)
1157690 2010-12-01 20:47:00 Yeah, If the BIOS can read a 320GB SATA, then I can't see it having an issue reading a 64GB or 128GB SSD that I'm looking to install. GR8Metal (14133)
1157691 2010-12-02 00:43:00 theres an app i think is called SSDtweaker which you can tweak windows to suit the SSD drives.
also just watch the speed of the SSD if its a OS drive.
tweak'e (69)
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