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15-ba016na
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I've just got hold of a 15-ba016na from Argos - All is well but I would like to put a M2.sata in and move the OS to there keeping the 2TB drive for storage.

 

Is this possible with this model .

 

I havent had chance to open it up yet to check 

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The optical drive caddy is not good for SSD. A drive in the optical caddy will not be bootable and the interface is slower, likely SATA-I so the read/write speed will be low. If you need pure storage it is not bad but it will not speed up the laptop by any means. Put your SATA SSD in the main slot and a storage mechanical drive in the optical bay is the best configuration. 

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This is kind of complicated. Here is the Manual:

 

Manual

 

It shows the possibility of an M.2 SATA SSD, but if you look at page 56 of the Manual it appears that in order to have the M.2 drive you have to use an adapter board that takes the place of the hard drive so you can have it but not also have a hard drive. But there is also a suggestion that there is an M.2 slot on the motherboard in the previous section of the Manual. The Manual covers several different models and is very confusing as to what applies to which specific models. 

 

Opening the back cover will put the warranty in jeopardy but there is no other real way to clarify the ambiguity except open it up and have a look I am afraid. 

 

Post back with any more questions. 

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Thanks for that.

 

I finally had a chance to open it up and have a look.

 

It turns out this model is not beginer friendly to open up - no dedicated sections to  get tom memory etc. its a total removal of the back with hiddent screws under rubber feet.  

Fortunatly I know what I'm doing on dismatling but care was needed. 

 

Now to the insides - no M.2 slot just the connector for the sata so the M.2 is out for this model.

 

So for me plan B - replace the optical drive with a HD caddy and put an ssd in it.

 

As the optical drive removal on this is a single screw this _should_ be straight forward so long as I can set it to boot from the ssd . 

 

Hopefully then I can get the full power out of this laptop

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The optical drive caddy is not good for SSD. A drive in the optical caddy will not be bootable and the interface is slower, likely SATA-I so the read/write speed will be low. If you need pure storage it is not bad but it will not speed up the laptop by any means. Put your SATA SSD in the main slot and a storage mechanical drive in the optical bay is the best configuration. 

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Thanks good point - I was just being lazy in that thinking as it's an awkward case to open.

 

I did do the exact same in my Lenovo laptop ( Main storage in the optical bay and sdd in the origanal hdd bay )  and it worked a treat in there 

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