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Installing SSD in Alienware 17 r5
Hi,
Is there any way i can install the 2.5in Samsung EVO SSD alongside the regular hard drive? I would prefer to keep the HDD as a storage drive and the SSD as a primary drive but all i can i see is 4 mSata bays and no 2.5 inch bay.
If i have no option but to replace the HDD how do i replicate the OS since i did not get the Windows boot disc and neither does the laptop have an optical port. Suggestions are appreciated.
Game7a1
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April 18th, 2015 14:00
Those aren't mSATA bays; those are M.2 SSD bays. There's only 1 2.5" bay in the 17 R2, so you'll have pick and choose which goes in (obviously, you already know what to do).
You should be able to make a recovery USB using Alien Respawn or Dell Recovery & Backup. The HDD currently in the machine should have a recovery partition.