Upgrading to SSD from HDD need experienced help.

Greetings,
I am working now on my first laptop, coming from a very amateur backround of selfbuilt desktops. I wanted to know a little more about SSD's for the W530. I urrently have the 500gb HDD for my main bay as well as a Sandisk mSATA 16gb for caching.
I want to upgrade to a SSD for the bootdrive, and I understand the process of burning the recovery discs... however, I would like to ask of you readers how many slots are available within the W530 for Drives.
Follow are a few more questions I would like to work on while i post around and read more about optimizing my laptop.
What is the benefit of RAID with two SSDs?
Are there issues I may run into running a dual boot system if i end up with two SSDS one with Windos and the others a linux based OS for programming?
What is the difference between SATA III and mSATA?
Thank you for your time, your information, and your charming good looks.
-thoughtspace
W530 i7-3840Qm. Quad K1000M. 16GB RAM. 16GB mSSD(expresscache). 500gb HDD

You need:
1. An SSD. On the T430 this must be a 7.0mm thick model. Otherwise any capacity or SATA interface will work.
2. An Ultrabay Adapter. You can buy the OEM version from Lenovo or a much cheaper clone from eBay. Make sure you get an adapter that's 12.7mm thick.
3. Disk cloning software. I use Acronis True Image but there are other products available that will do the job.
Procedure:
1. Install disk cloning software.
2. Replace the current HDD with the SSD and put the HDD in the Ultrabay Adpater.
3. Reboot from the HDD in the Ultrabay. You'll need to interrupt the boot using the ThinkVantage button in order to select a different boot device.
4. Run disk cloning software to copy the contents of HDD to SSD. You may want to adjust partition sizes if the SSD is larger or small than the HDD.
5. Reboot using the default boot device, i.e. the SSD in the standard drive bay.
Cheers... Dorian Hausman
X1C2, TPT2, T430s, SL500, X61s, T60p, A21p, 770, 760ED... 5160, 5150... S360/30

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Upgrade HDD to SSD (Do i need to re-install?)

I just bought an SSD (Samsung 470 series is the one thats best with MBP right?) and i want to replace it with the stock HDD that came with my 2011 MBP 13".
What if i upgrade RAM from 4GB to 8GB and transfer from HDD to SSD by carbon copy cloner. Do i need to re-install Lion then?
Is TRIM automatically enabled if i transfer from HDD to SSD?

Upgrading the RAM is fine by itself. Just know you only have two slots, and thus need matching pairs of 4GB modules to increase the RAM from 4GB to 8GB. If you have $900, OtherWorld Computing has 16GB of RAM (two 8GB modules) for sale. (no compensation)
Use the online Crucial checker and MacTracker to make sure your getting the correct specs of the RAM (and the amount of modules) before purchasing.
What you need to do is use the free to use (donations accepted) Carbon Copy Cloner on the HDD while it's still in the machine, clone to a external powered drive and hold option to boot from it, test it out that it works.
Then make the HDD to SSD switch and option boot from the clone again, format the SSD HFS+ Journaled and use CCC to clone it onto the SSD.
OtherWorld Computing and iFixit has videos, pictures, instructions and tools needed.
When you clone, it clones the OS X partition only, not both your OS X partition and the Lion Recovery Partition, which in your case is unnecessary to have if you have a "hold option" bootable clone. (should keep two at times)
If you need to download Lion installer again, simply use MacAppStore and hold option and click on Purchases, either in Lion or Snow Leopard and then make a couple of " hold c" bootable DVD's from these instructions.
http://www.eggfreckles.net/notes/burning-a-lion-boot-disc/
These DVD's made from these instructions contain the full OS X Lion, not a Recovery Lion disk or the Lion Recovery Partition which Apple provides a download for and requires a lengthily Internet connection to download Lion before it's installed.
Far as setting the TRIM, I don't know about that. Hopefully someone else will answer.
If not ask Dave (Bmer) over here:
http://macosg.com/
He replaced his hard drive with a OCZ Vertex, the fastest SSD's on the planet and also his Superdrive with a 7,200 RPM 750GB drive for storage (note: you can't boot from a Lion/Snow/Windows DVD from a external optical drive) so he would know best what to do.
Also OCZ just came out with a 480 gb or so very fast SSD, the Vertex 3 series, just as fast as the smaller SSD's but with more storage capacity, so that would be worth checking into. (smaller SSD's are faster, larger older ones are just a bit faster than a regular hard drive)
Also check out your Mac model's SATA number using the fre MacTracker and System Profiler, this way you can by the right SSD for the price and know your bus speed limitation accessing the SSD.
Good luck.

How to upgrade from HDD to SSD in Mid 2010 13inch MacbookPro?

I am upgrading from HDD to SSD and would like the step by step direction of how to do it on my 13inch MacBookPro mid 2010. Also, I would like to do a clean install of the OS onto the new SSD, and simply transfer my data(i.e. documents, pictures) from the old HDD to the new SSD(Samsung 500GB)
Any detailed directions would be appreciated. You may send responses directly to my address: ******* Thanks in advance
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Tolefe1 wrote:
Thanks. How do I booth to IR? Won't I need to connect to the internet to be able to booth to Internet Recovery... Please give steps as I am pretty new to this.
Turn the Mac on (or reboot it) and press command-option-R as soon as you hear the startup chime. Hold the keys down until you see a globe, then release. When the Recovery Menu appears you choose Disk Utility and format the SSD for use in a Mac (Erase>Set Format to MacOS Extended (Journaled), then exit Disk Utility and choose Install OSX
You will need to be connected to the Internet and your Mac should detect your network and ask for a password automatically when Recovery Starts.

HT5654 please I need help, I have not been able to upgrade my iOS from 6.1.2 to 6.1.3?

please I need help, I have not been able to upgrade my iOS from 6.1.2 to 6.1.3?

Hello mpacology
The article below will provide assistance with upgrade your iPhone operating system. You can do this through iTunes or through the Software Update section in Settings >General > Software Update
iOS: How to update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4623
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G.

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