MBA SSD Question

I am thinking about switching to the 13 inch MBA but the current SSD is not large enough for me.
Has anyone upgraded the SSD to a larger capacity?
Feedback appreciated.

While I personally haven't done the upgrade, a co-worker of mine put a 240GB model in his 11" MBA (that came with the 64GB) and it was a painless install. The cost prohibitive nature of moving to the 480GB model is probably the biggest limiting factor.
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Converting 2009 MBA SSD to external hdd

The RAM on my 2009 MBA died on me, so I decided to retire it. I took the SSD out and thinking to use it as an external drive. It is a 1.8" SSD with LIF connector. I managed to find a LIF to SATA 2.5" SSD adaptor. The SSD with the adaptor works perfectly with my Vantec Docking Station and my iMac can read it without any problems.
However, I ran into a problem when I put the SSD with adaptor into a 2.5" SSD USB 3.0 enclosure. My iMac does not read it. I am guessing that it is not providing enough power to the SSD? Has anyone successfully converted this SSD to a portable hard drive?

I found my own solution.
Here's what I did.
1. Put the 2009 MBA SSD into a LIF to SATA 2.5" SSD adaptor.
2. Use a 22 pin SATA Female Connector to 16 pin Micro SATA Male connector (make sure it has 3.3V converter)
3. Use a USB 3.0 to Micro SATA 16 pin cable
Now the SSD powers up when it's connected to computers! I customized a case too so now I have a portable SSD drive!

MBA, SSD, Windows 7 (or XP) and TRIM support

I have a 2011 MBA with an SSD and I want to install Windows 7 as a VM and/or Boot Camp. Does the MBA SSD need TRIM support? What's the best way of installing Windows 7, VM or BC, in terms of keeping the SSD healthy?
Will not having TRIM support cause SSD performance problems down the road?
Is installing XP a good or bad idea on a MBA SSD?
TIA

You have TRIM support on your MBA.
You should have no issues on any of the scenarios you contemplate.

Erase mba ssd from Gparted, what about EFI?

Hello everybody and excuse my mistakes in english (not my native language). My macbook air (a1304, late 2008) became completely corrupted. Apple reseller told me about a problem on the drive. That´s an ssd (samsung 128 gb original) and DiskWarrior and disk utikity couldn´t do anything about it. So I googled bout it and understood erasing from Gparted (linux) would be a possible way. But, it has to be done plugging the drive hot; bootin from live cd with it unplugged and pluggin it before erasing. That´s risky, I know, but my first question is what to do with the 200mb efi partition. I cannot clone it with carbon copy, superduper, or time machine. So my question is; is it necesseary to clone it or would it be after generated in a common OSX installation? thanks a lot

JackSeoul wrote:
sabatica wrote:
This is a known issue that seemed to randomly affect a small number of the 2011 models.
Its your Cable going to your internal HD that needs to be replaced in MOST instances in the 2011 model. Funnily I have just had to replace a number of cables suffering from this very same issue recently. The last one repaired was 2 hours ago.
Hope this helps. Enjoy. 2011 wasn't a good year.(
Hi, I'm seeing intermittent failure of the Samsung SSD in my 11" 2011 Macbook air. The logic board was replaced under warranty (2 years) but not the SSD (1 year, expired) and the problem persists.
I'm considering replacing the SSD with an OWC drive but I don't want to do that if the problem is with some cabling somewhere. However your description of the problem doesn't really match the 2011 MBA teardown photos on the internet - there's no cabling related to the SSD, which slots directly into the logic board.
Is the common problem you're talking about applicable to the macbook air?
Thanks
Not sure if cabling is the issue, hope its not. After my suspected SSD failure (which I don't think it was) my graphics failed (the graphics is integrated into the logic board and required its replacement - thank goodness for AppleCare). So I'm not sure if what I was experiencing was the pre-failure of the graphics. I'm back up and running, have reinstalled the SSD and we'll see if there's some connection to it and the graphics failure (doubtful). There so much of a performance increase from the SSD it's hard not to keep it in the computer; even a hybrid SSD was noticibly slower.
Figures I'd get a 2011 with a cable issue...
Tom

DVD Rom, RAM, and SSD question(s)

I purchased a nice T400 (6475-B14) on Ebay and I have upgraded a number of items on it to get it to where I want it.
I upgraded the OS to W7 Pro, put in a Lenovo 4GB RAM stick (now I have a 4GB and a 2GB), and I swapped out the HDD for an Intel X-25 G2 80GB SSD.
90% of the time the machine is great, however I have run into a few problems and I'm really hoping that someone here can help me.
The first issue, is the fact that every once in a while the machine can't start. I end up having to restore the machine using R&R. I don't know what could be the issue. I've replaced the OS and HDD so I'm not sure what to do next. I am by no means a computer expert, but could the mis-matched RAM (1X4GB with 1X2GB) be causing the problem? I don't mind getting another 4GB stick, but if it won't do anything to fix the issue I don't want to waste the money.
Number two, I'm trying to burn an image recovery disk, but according to the Nero Tool I can't write with my drive (HL-DT-St DVD-ROM DU10N). Do I need additional software? I find it hard to believe that Lenovo would include a drive that only reads and is not capable of writing on DVD or CD, but based on the searches I've done on this forum and others, I can't find any other answer.
Lastly, the SSD seems to be working great (I've only had to restore the system once since installing it, see issue number one), but I see in the Lenovo download site there is an ISO file for SSD's. However since I can't burn a DVD, I can't burn the ISO file. So my question(s) is/are do I really need the software? Can I use my Apple Mac Pro at home to burn the ISO file and then use that disk to install the software?
Sorry for the long, rambling questions, but I have tried to search a number of forums and the internet in general and I haven't been able find the answers.
Thanks!
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hello mate,
For your first issue the RAM can be the problem. U can mix different size of RAM but make sure to use DDR3 PC3-8500 or DDR3 PC3-10600 memory. And also the T400 does not support ECC be careful to don't mix ECC and non ECC memory.
For your second question your HL-DT-St DVD-ROM DU10N is just a DVD ROM reader and it's not capable to write any CD or DVD.
I don't know about the software for your SSD but if it's an ISO file for windows you can burn it with a mac it won't make a difference. All discs burned on the Mac work across platforms.
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Y510p ssd question

Hey so I recently bought this laptop : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834312834
I want to swap the hdd for an ssd, but I don't know too much about hard drives and such.
Would this ssd be compatible with my laptop? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147193
Also, what steps would I need to take to swap the hard drives? ie: clone or clean install? etc.

hi jchoy,
In addition to what davidteyuwang have said, you can migrate the OS from the HDD to the SSD if you don't have a Windows 8 disc to clean install the OS into the SSD.
To do this, you need to:
1. Insert the 2.5" SSD into a USB 2.5" SATA enclosure (the SSD will act like an external drive)
2. With the computer ON, plug in the USB SATA enclosure into the computer.
3. Download and install Paragon Backup & Recovery 12 Home (free trial) and migrate the OS from the HDD to the SSD
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4. When done, shut the computer OFF, remove the stock HDD amd replace it with the SSD and Windows 8 should now boot from the SSD.
Hope this helps
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Mac SSD Question

I have a quick question about my mac's hard drive. My buddy gave me a Corsair 128GB Solid State Drive (p/n: cssd-p3128gb2) and wanted to know if it will fit\work with my early 2008 macbook pro (p/n MB134LL/A).
Do you know if it will work or have a website that I could check?

As long as the Corsair SSD is a slim model it will fit/work.

MBA SSD Maker...

So... I was planning on buying a MBA this weekend and I found some interesting articles saying the the samsung SSD is faster than the Toshiba one. All the article i looked at show me how to check the model after opening the box. I was wondering if the back spec label on the back of the box tell you the model of the SSD. I want to make sure i have the Samsung one before i open the box and leave the store.
Thanks

There is no way you can tell by the box. As far as Apple is concerned, the manufacturer of the SSD makes no difference to the user and are interchangeable at time of manufacture.
It's more of a psychological difference than a practical one, as far as they are concerned, and will make no packaging indicator.
Now, will users actually perceive a difference? On paper, and in benchmark testing, we see a difference. In actual use, I have seen nobody "perceive" a significant performance difference without a stopwatch.
Mine (2011 MBA) has a Samsung, so maybe I speak from a "comfort zone". Psychologically, I feel fortunate this time, but otherwise I am probably not going to notice anything.
I remember when I bought my MBP, there was a similar situation with displays. Some users found that they had a certain brand of display, while others had one with a reputation for a slightly inferior color gamut. Back then, I got the short luck of the draw, and got the "inferior" LCD. Did I feel cheated? Maybe a twinge, but I never noticed a difference when I compared it to others, even side by side.
I saw one post here, where a very accomodating Apple Store salesperson permitted the user to test his new purchase, before he left the store. He too, was wanting the assurance of a Samsung drive. It so happened that the first one he opened, showed in the stysem profiler that it was indeed a Samsung drive. Will any Apple Store do the same thing? Who Knows?

Newbie - SSD question

Hi, I'm in the market for a new MBP and I was wondering what performance improvement will a SSD drive give me over a standard hard drive?
ALso I'm not desperate for a new computer so is it worth me waiting for the price of SSD to come down and the storage size to go up?
Thanks

That isn't going to necessarily work -- the underlying system powering a SSD versus standard hard drive is different -- your not going to just be able to swap them out yourself, but Apple Service might be able to do it for you. You should read up on the differences on SSD vs Hard Drives before thinking you are just going to be able to swap it out in your MBP. You will not.
As to SSD drives not crashing -- WRONG -- they do crash, just much less likely than a hard drive with more mechanical working parts. Go to the Macbook Air forums and you will find plenty of posts on people who have SSD drives that have problems with them. It's probably a miniscule number of people in the long run, but they are also electronic gizmos that have problems.
There are some differences in speed when you are using something like the Macbook Air that has a 1.86 mghz tops and you are trying to get all the speed out of it you can. If you are using the slowest Mac Apple currently has on the market, you want that SSD option to give you any additional speed you can possibly get. (The 128 GB SSD is also the largest storage option they currently have for the MBA).
The performance differences on recent macbook or macbook pro's with 2.4, 2.66 mghz speed are going to be negligible at best -- milliseconds for performance differences -- if you are really concerned about speed, your going to gain 2 - 3 seconds on major tasks. Is that worth it? You can look at benchmarks with a google search, but it's absolutely negligible in real life application.
A positive is the reduced number of mechanical parts that might have problems. Your standard macbook will have very few problems with a hard drive as it is, but it does give some minor security. However to say across the board they don't crash is wrong. Just a lower likelihood.
The one major difference you would see is the whisper silent operation. A hard drive takes two seconds to "spin up" when you open your lid, or you do a save or retrieve function. You won't hear that noise in a SSD computer -- it's whisper silent -- although at times you will hear the fan running more to keep the drive cool, so it's almost a tradeoff.
At this point in technology, it's really a personal judgement call as to wether you want an SSD drive or a regular hard drive. For all practical real-life purposes, it's not going to make any significant difference at this point in time.

Solid State Drive (SSD) Questions for G4 "Sawtooth".

Below are some questions concerning using a Solid State Drive (SSD) in a G4 "Sawtooth".
Would a controller card need to be installed for an SSD to work in this machine?
Would the G4 be able to operate in Classic mode with the SSD?
Would the G4 be able to boot into OS 9 with the SSD?
Should the SSD be used only for booting and applications, with user data stored on another drive that does not use SSD technology (such as an ATA or SATA drive)?
Should only 50% of the drive space be used, in order to ensure optimized performance?
Would the G4 only be able to use the first 128 MB of drive space of an SSD that has a capacity greater than 128 MB? If so, would either of the below cards enable the G4 to read the entire drive?
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Would a controller card need to be installed for an SSD to work in this machine?
One like this:
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Would the G4 be able to operate in Classic mode with the SSD?
Yes.
Would the G4 be able to boot into OS 9 with the SSD?
Depends on the controller card, but with the linked card, it shouldn't be an issue.
Should the SSD be used only for booting and applications, with user data stored on another drive that does not use SSD technology (such as an ATA or SATA drive)?
Smaller capacity drives will limit file storage, and keeping OS and applications separate always improves performance, regardless of the drive type.
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Should only 50% of the drive space be used, in order to ensure optimized performance?
SSD's can be filled further, but should maintain 20GB or more for virtual memory.
Would the G4 only be able to use the first 128 MB of drive space of an SSD that has a capacity greater than 128 MB?
A controller card removes that limit.
If so, would either of the below cards enable the G4 to read the entire drive?
Those controllers will work for and allow use of large capacity ATA drives.

GE 70 2OE SSD Question

Hello ,
1- What is the model of this SSD GE 70 2OE ? Sandisk ? Kingston ? Please Model Name ?
2- How Much Life SSD ? 1 Year ? 2 Year ?

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Hello ,
1- What is the model of this SSD GE 70 2OE ? Sandisk ? Kingston ? Please Model Name ?
2- How Much Life SSD ? 1 Year ? 2 Year ?
I don't think you'll be able to easily get an answer for either of these questions.....
Your best bet is to contact MSI directly and ask them the question. Either way, #2 will most likely be around 5 years if moderately used (ie you move 10GB of data/day on average).
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Changing HDD for SSD QUESTION (U410)

Is any data held on the 500GB drive at time of reset?
Basically my question is, can I simply swap the 500gb HDD for a 250gb SSD without problems of so when I reset the Windows8 install etc will work as usual?
I will use the one click recovery button, and reset everything, except this time on the 250gb SSD.
HELP?

hi shoutingdog,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
First Before you change any setting or setup,
Create a backupdrive first of your WIndows 8 using this Method and let's Name that as your Repair Image.
Download and install belarc advisor to get the product key.
The HDD will have everything, your Windows 8 Os and even the Onekey Recovery Partition, so removing your HDD will render the One click recovery button Not working.
Two ways to install windows 8 back to the blank SSD.
1 You will need an external mount for your SSD or HDD where the scenario should be both SSD and HDD are connected to the computer so you can clone the HDD to your SSD.
(If the clone failed then you can use the Repair Image)
2 You can use a retail copy or any installer copy of Windows 8 and install that to your SSD, if asked for a product key, use the Key extracted using the Belarc advisor.
Any driver needs you can download from Support.lenovo.com
Again The Preloaded HDD Contains the Recovery partition, and the One click feature will look for the HDD where it is saved.
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Septre 15 xt ssd question

I've just purchased a Septre 15xt touchsmart. I ordered the 128 ssd drive because no larger was available but the salesman assured me I could upgrade later. In further research I've discovered that the standard sized ssd aren't being used. The machine instead uses a msata ssd. Why is the question. The machine is offered with a small ssd and a normal hard drive. Can a regular sized ssd be added to the machine where the hard drive would have sat?

You're very welcome.
That I wouldn't know for sure.
I don't see why you couldn't have had a "normal" SSD in place of the mechanical hard drive.
The problem is a normal 9.5mm SSD won't physically fit in your notebook, and since you need to transfer the mounting hardware from the mechanical drive to the SSD, it's a no go.
So, if you were to get a 7.0mm SSD (if there is such a thing), I would say that it would probably work.
The problem is the operating system.
You need to have access to the exact version of the W8 installation media that came with your PC.
That is because with Microsoft Activation 3.0, the W8 product key is embedded in the BIOS, and when you use a DVD to install W8, that key automatically populates the installation, and there is no way anyone knows of to change it.
So, what some folks have wanted to do was to upgrade their PC's to W8 Pro, and they downloaded the upgrade for the special price of $39.99 only to find out that their "regular' (non-Pro) W8 key automatically is entered during the install and invalidates the install. And then they can't change the key like you can with XP, Vista or W7 when activation fails or the product key is invalid.
I imagine that if a customer wants to upgrade from the standard W8 to W8 Pro, they need to use the anytime upgrade method from within the operating system currently installed on their notebook.

U330 Touch - SSD Question

Hi, I recently bought a U330 Touch i7. I hadn't realized that it shipped with a HDD/SSD combination drive. When I booted it up I found the main OS installed on the HDD along with a load of other applications, then on the SSD drive was only McAfee and a load of drivers. The HDD is 500GB (or near enough) and the SSD 25GB. The unit is ST500LM000-1EJ162. THe SSD appears as a separate driver in file explorer but seems to be a partition of the main HDD in disk utility.
I have a couple of questions that I can't seem to find answers to by looking around on the site:
1. Should I just install the applications I am most likely to use straight onto the SSD - so MS Office, Chrome, Unity and a couple of steam games - assuming the benefit on having them on the SSD is going to be worth it.
2. I was told by someone it might be a hybrid drive and the migration of software from the HDD to SSD would be handled by some software. Is it a hybrid drive?
3. Can I actually reinstall the OS directly on the SSD and would the benefit be worth the hassle of the reinstall?
4. If I do re-install can I get the installation files for the OS and associated software that shipped with the machine from Lenovo direct?
Sorry for so many questions, but its my first SSD and there seems to be a lot of conflicting information out there.
Thanks in advance.
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You don't want to use the WD as the recovery drive, you want to use a flash drive. Recovery and the factory load should fit on a 16 Gb flash drive. This will be used to refresh or repair the OS if you ever have the problem of not being able to boot.
The WD should be used to backup your current configuration since it will be so large. As you do Windows updates and install more programs and save more files, this backup should be replaced on the WD on a regular basis.
The recovery flash drive will only be used to boot and install the original OS that your machine came with, or to repair or refresh the OS. Then you will use the backup from the WD to put the current OS back on.
Once you make the flash drive, I would test it to make sure it boots and goes into the recovery environment.
Again, the WD will only be used for backing up your current configuration and should be updated regularly.
I've never tried to use an external hard drive as a recovery drive, it might or might not work. The instructions are pretty specific so I doubt that it will
You're welcome to try it though.
Dave
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Getting a new MacBook Pro: HDD or SSD question

Hey everyone!
I'm about to get a new MacBook Pro, and there'sone problem I need a little help solving.
I could either get a 500gb 7200rpm HDD at noextra charge, OR I could get a 128gb SSD for an additional $90. I'm slightlyleaning towards the SSD for the general reasons you've all probably heard aboutby now.
Now let me just explain my reasoning here a bit. Ishould say beforehand that I already plan on getting a 1TB external USB drive,regardless of which internal drive I get. So space isn't really the issue.
From what I understand, if I were to buy the MBPwith the 500gb HDD and just buy an SSD separately, that would total me around$220 (the price of a 128gb SSD nowadays). However, if I were to buy the laptopwith the SSD and then buy a 500 gb HDD at 7200 rpm, it would cost me $90 + $70= $160. So I'd be saving money by buying the SSD with the MBP it seems, noteven counting the fact that I could sell the SSD for a higher price than what Iactually bought it for!
I know it sounds like I might already have myanswers, but I basically have three questions:
1) Does that argument make sense to you? As in,is there anything I'm missing or not considering?
2) Does anyone know what brand of SSD Apple shipsin MBP nowadays?
3) I was planning on using my SSD for theOS/applications, and using the 1TB HDD for files/music/movies etc. Is that anideal setup or is there something I'm missing about that as well?
I'd appreciate any helpful answers. Thanks!

1 - Everyone has their own way of looking at it...
2 - Toshiba but it can always change...
3 - seems ok, iTunes might not really like to have all the files in an external drive but it seems ok...
P.s.- 1TB will not be enough... LOL... try something bigger like a 3TB drive (think future friendly)

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