SSD for HP Envy 17 3d (new model)

I'm trying to find a suitable SSD for my new laptop. I read somewhere that I cannot boot from the new SSD...is that true? Something about the SSD not being the "primary drive". Does anyone reccommend a particular ssd that would work with my new laptop? Thanks.

You have two hard drive bays in the laptop.
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You can use any SSD you can afford...just place it as the primary hard drive so it will be bootable.

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And that's one of the reasons I stay away from the MyBook drives - they were really designed for Windows systems, not Macs. For one, they have their own FireWire drivers and I see no reason to be required to install device-specific drivers on my Mac in order to use a consumer-grade hard drive. As far as I'm concerned, that's just bad design (or, perhaps design for systems other than Macs ...).
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If it's more than 7mm will the SSD move inside it?
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Hi,
The old HDD on your machine is a bit thicker but with at least 4 screws I don't think new SSD will floating around in the case. I actually put new SSD in one of my laptop (not HP) and no problem BUT I don't move this laptop around. If needed, blue tac may help.
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UnlockTheMind wrote:
I am getting an HP ENVY 17-j184nr with the 1Tb HDD. I would like to add an SSD and make it the master drive. I have 3 questions:
1. Can the HP ENVY 17-j184nr date a second drive and can it be an SSD? I believe it can based on the compatibility report at crucial at http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=ENVY%2017-j181nr
2. If it can take an SSD what size and any recommendations on what manufacturer would be best?
3. As it is coming with Win 8 installed on the HDD I will have to switch to having the SSD as master and install Win 8 on it. Any walkthroughs on how to do this? I have not found any good resource for Win 8 and the HP ENVY 17-j184nr
As an extra upgrade question is there any significant difference between crucial memory and corsair?
http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=4E16C217A5CA7304
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/vengeance-8gb-high-performance-laptop-memory-upgrade-kit-cmsx8gx3m1a160...
Hi,
Q1: Yes
Q2: I don't think the newest laptops have any limitations so amost any SSD should work. Crucial, Corsair, Samsung or Intel are decents drives.
Q3: Samsung drives come with some cloning software for an easy OS transfer. Don't forget to disable the "Secure Boot" feature in the BIOS before you start the upgrade.
The Corsair module has a lower CL (10). Means it's faster. I would recommend Corsair modules anyway. Use them for a while and no troubles.
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Hi,
If you want to replace your current HDD with a SSD, you can do that however in that case you may need to reconfigure Raid for your mSATA and SSD drives. Raid configuration utility is not available for the PC, this has to be done at repair center of HP.
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