WD Black2 Dual Drive 2.5" 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD Kit

Compre este disco duro, me funciona perfecto, el unico problema es el siguiente: Cuando instalas el sistema operativo solo reconoce los 120 gb SSD, con un software se activan los 1TB, el problema es el siguiente; Quiero solo formatear lo que hay en el disco de 120 gb ssd, pero al formatear se pierde la particion de 1TB, hasta que lo activas mediante el software, pero aparece sin ningun archivo. ¿ existe alguna forma de dejar para siempre la particion de 1TB sin tener que perder todos los archivos , cada vez que se formatea el disco de 120gb ssd ? Saludos

Uso el formateo normal de windows, pero al formatear la particion C: ( 120 ssd ) se borra la otra particion automaticamente, solo queda activa una vez que instalas el sistema operativo desde 0 en el disco de 120gb ssd y la activas con el software " WD black2 dual drive .exe " , entonces mi pregunta es, ¿ existe alguna forma de que la otra particion de 1TB quede intacta al formatear el disco de 120 ssd ?

Similar Messages

Migrar a WD Black2 Dual Drive

Hola, acabo de comprarme un WD Black2 Dual Drive 2.5" 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD Kit WD1001X06XDTL y quiero colocar el sistema operativo en el SSD y el resto de las informacion en el HDD. Tengo dos dudas las primera, si instalo el sistema operativo directamente y me olvido del resto de la informacion de recuperacion y todo lo que Lenovo le pone a sus conmputadoras ¿funcionara?, evidentemente los drivers si los copiare.La segunda duda es: con Minitool Partition estov viendo que hay 4 particiones ocultas winre_drv, system_drv, lrs_esp y otra sin nombre. estas ¿hay que ponerlas en el disco SSD o en el HDD?, en caso de que la primera opcion no funcionara, y, ¿pueden copiarse con Minitool Partition de un disco al otro?Gracias

Listo, el prceso no fue tan complicado como lo habia pensado, para realizar la copia clonada de las particiones extras, hubo un pequeño problema, hay que desactivar las opciones de seguridad e ir al menu del boot para elegir acronis boot, si las opciones de seguridad del bios no estan deshabilitadas simplemente inicia windows sin realizar la clonacion.El desarmado de la computadora estubo un poco mas complicado de lo que esperaba ya que uno de los tornillos venia barrido de fabrica por lo que giraba pero no salia, con un poco de maña al final salio, retirar la tapa inferior tambien me dio algunos problemas aunque al final si se pudo remover con un poco de fuerza y maña, la recolocacion la hizo mi hija.El disco tiene suficiente espacio dentro de la carcasa, las pequeñas tiras de espuma dan el espacio sin problemas.La instalacion y activacion de Windows 10 sin problemas. Hasta este momento estoy disfrutando mucho de la experiencia, el disco es rápido y realmente me gusta como funciona. GRACIAS a todos los que me ayudaron

Dual-Drive imac with Bootcamp/Win7 and storage

I have a Dual-Drive iMac with a 1TB SSD(primary) and a 6TB SATA(secondary) harddrive.
I have BOOTCAMP on the primary with Windows 7. I happen to be primarily a windows user. So I would like to use(read and write) most of the 6TB on the SATA drive as my windows storage. I would like to know if this is possible and if so how could I go about this without destroying the contents in the SATA drive(some mac folders).
Appreciate it, if someone could point me to the right resources or instructions to do this.
Thanks.

Thank you for the response. Here are answers to your questions:
iMac:~ Home$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#:                      TYPE NAME                    SIZE      IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *1.0 TB    disk0
1:                        EFI EFI                    209.7 MB disk0s1
2:                  Apple_HFS SSD                    95.7 GB    disk0s2
3:                Apple_Boot Recovery HD            650.0 MB disk0s3
4:      Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                904.0 GB disk0s4
/dev/disk1
#:                      TYPE NAME                    SIZE      IDENTIFIER
0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *6.0 TB    disk1
1:                        EFI EFI                    209.7 MB disk1s1
2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            500.0 GB disk1s2
3:          Apple_CoreStorage                        5.5 TB    disk1s3
4:                Apple_Boot Boot OS X              134.2 MB disk1s4
I would like the 5.5TB storage (currently /dev/disk1 - 3) to be all allocated to Windows 7(Bootcamp). Also for some reason, the 5.5TB space is configured to be a logical Volume Group! not sure, when, how and why!
iMac:~ Home$ diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group C3A49A44-9B09-4ACC-B9FF-BFEB1E206E21
    =========================================================
    Name:         WIND-DATA
    Status:       Online
    Size:         5500696072192 B (5.5 TB)
    Free Space:   5500343746560 B (5.5 TB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 4252BE1A-029B-4100-9F6B-2746D69655D3
        Index:    0
        Disk:     disk1s3
        Status:   Online
        Size:     5500696072192 B (5.5 TB)
Disk Utility pretty much is preventing me from doing anything on this volume!
Any help is appreciated!

Compatibility between Inspiron 15R N5010 (5010-7015) and WD black^2 (WD1001X06XDTL) dual drive 2.5''

Hello,
I own a Dell Inspiron 15R N5010 (5010-7015) / i5 / 4GB RAM / 320GB HDD and I am interested in upgrading the internal hard drive to the dual drive series from WD (black^2 - WD1001X06XDTL).
The system supports SATA2 and a variety of capacities between 160GB and 640GB for 5400rpm and only for 320GB and 500GB on 7200rpm according to the manual.
Is there any possibility that I could upgrade to a WD Black2, or I will face compatibility issues?
Does the specific model (N5010) support that technology? The only list I was able to find was this one: http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11024/~/wd-black%C2%B2-dual-drive-computer-compatibility-list
If not, are there any other alternatives for a hard drive upgrade [i.e. Seagate 1TB Laptop SSHD (STBD1000400)] that would have full compatibility?
As you can see I am looking for anything as close to an SSD but not an SSD.

The Black2 functions as any standard SSD and hard drive -- as long as the OS you're running supports it (it's software-controlled), you're set. It'll work with Windows 7 or Windows 8, no problem. It won't (unless something has recently changed) work with Linux, though.

Player on WD2 Black (Dual Drive) unable to access 2nd partition

Host OS : Win 7 Pro (x64)
Guest OS: XP Pro (x86)
I had a regular (mechanical) 500 GB hard drive (2 partitions OS and DATA) with W7P (x64) and VM Player 3.x running XPP for years with no problem.
I could access the 2nd partition through the Guest OS and modify/save files etc on it.
I just got a new WD2 Black Dual Drive (120GB SSD and 1TB mechanical in one unit) so technically there are 2 partitions on the drive.
I copied the entire Player (data) folder from the old drive to the new. I installed the same version of Player 3.x and tried to access the Guest OS - I am able to access it but unable to access network or usb drives (keep getting errors as it boots up also) etc.
So I started from scratch on new drive - installed vmplayer 3.x (even tried every version upto v 7.1.0) and installed Guest OS (XPP) again and now I am able to access the network and usb drives etc.
But when I add the 2nd partition in the settings and start the player I get an error that it cannot start because it cannot power up the scsi (2nd partition) drive and it shuts down.
If I remove the 2nd partition from settings it boots up fine.
I am able to access the 2nd partition in W7P with no problems.
In the Guest OS I am not able to access the 2nd partition.
I called WD Support and they said to call VMWARE support and the problem has nothing to do with the physical drive.
I have updated all the VMware tools (as recommended) but still not able to access the 2nd partition.
In W7P I had to install a "driver" software to access the 2nd partition. I tried to install the same thing in the Guest OS (XPP) it starts to install and then comes back and says it cannot see the 2nd partition.
Any help in this would be greatly appreciated as I would like to keep all the documents/data on the 2nd partition and be able to access the same from both the HOST and GUEST OS's without having to create duplicates or transfer them back and forth between the two.

OK FaiyazR, I think I see your core question.
When you first create a VM the only "disk" it knows is the virtual one.
If you want to access the physical disk or just specific files on the physical disk, you will have to set up a "Shared Folder". Here is one way to do it:
While in VM Player:
Go to the "Player" button(screen upper-left)
Select "Manage"
Select "Virtual Machine Settings"
In the popup window select "Options"
In the "Options" menu select "Shared Folders"
Click enabled
Click "Map as a network drive in Windows guests"
Click the "Add..." button which brings up the Shared Folder Wizard
Enter the "Host Path" to the partition (or folder) you wish to share. Repeat for next partition (or folder).
Hope this helps.

Dual Drive (SSD) Macbook pro, Data Transfer from SSD to SSD Slow

hello,
I have in my Macbook (early 2011 / 2.3 I5, 8gb ram) a new SSD (Samsung 1TB Evo 840) installed.The old still-functioning SSD (Crucial m4 512GB) i built with an iFixit kit (Dual Drive) in the Optical drive Bay. The two SSD are working.
My problem is this: the data transfer between the plates (a copy Iphoto Library approx 252Gb) is very slow (252 gb approx 5hours).
Does anyone have any idea what could be the problem?

One of the bigger problems with migrating from PowerPC to Intel is not the operating system, but the chip. Migration Assistant has been known to fail for unknown reasons when moving between the Mac platforms. Instead, this user tip has been recommended to avoid such issues:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=0

MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2012 SSD Dual Drive Installation , i need to install ssd or hdd without removing my optical drive?

salam 3lykum,
my MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2012 need to install SSD Dual Drive in the enclosure in the laptop, but without removing my optical drive? can one help me. and without cable sata to usb to use it external.

I only know of one 2 terabyte drive that will fit in a notebook - and it comes in an enclosure that you must disassemble to get to the drive -> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FRHTSK4/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&coli d=110YIC0GU53A7&coliid=I38PEBUNYX6OUM&psc=1.
HGST does make a 1.5 terabyte drive that would work quite well in your machine - the Travelstar 5K1500.
Clinton

Dual Drive Setup W/ Boot Camp?

I thought it was time to do an upgrade on my aging Macbook Pro (Mid 2010) and decided to go with a dual drive setup removing the superdrive. I planned on having a Samsung SSD 840 Pro as a boot drive for OSX and Applications & then installing a HDD and using that as internal storage for documents, music, movies, pictures, etc. However I have some questions regarding the setup. I want to be able to use boot camp with Windows 7 OS, and Mountain Lion OS + apps booting up from the SSD.
1) So how many gigs should I get the SSD
2) How much space for each partition if I want to boot both operating systems and some Apps from each OS on the SSD ?
3) I was debating on which HDD to go for I was thinking either one thats Seagate 750GB 7200rpm / Seagate 1TB 5400rpm Suggestions ?

Another HDD I was thinking about was the Seagate Momentus XT 500GB.
4) Another question would I also have to partition the HDD ?

Hi, I am going to buy a new iMac desktop. I am going for the 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel i7, 16 GB RAM and 2TB ATA Drive. I want to know whether I should go for the dual drives option i.e including the 256 GB SSD. I do a lot of 'heavy' media work. Brian

Hi, I am going to buy a new iMac desktop. I am going for the 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel i7, 16 GB RAM and 2TB ATA Drive. I want to know whether I should go for the dual drives option i.e including the 256 GB SSD. I do a lot of 'heavy' media work.

by looking at the specs the laptop is better but if your not a gamer or graphics designer then you most likly wont notice a difference in the performance at all so with that said a few downsides
the processor is i5 the i7 processor is the better processor the graphics card has half the dedicated memory that the laptop has and the hdd compared to the solid state is not much of a difference unless you wanna move your computer all the time you wont need a solid state drive
but like i said before if your not a gamer or graphics designer on your computer you will not notice the difference most likely

DR4-A Dual Drive

Hi just Registered,
Just got a DR4-A (MS8404A) Dual Drive off Ebay,
Looking for help on how I install the drive( got all cables etc, attatched how do I get my Pc ( windows XP) to get it to work,
Any help greatly appreciated
Sting UK

Put it to any IDE controller, preferrably the one that you already have an optical drive connected. Set the DR4 as Master drive and the other Optical drive as Slave.
You should be able to get it detected by Windows now.

Installing OS X Lion on New 27" Dual-Drive iMac

Anyone installed Lion on a dual drive (SSD + HD) iMac yet? I'm a little leery of doing so, until I hear how it went for others. I know that there were some bugs in using migration assistant and the new two-drive iMacs (I decided to do it all manually, which took forever but worked).

have just found other replies to the same topic, can ignore this

Upgrading Early 2008 MBP to dual drive format and new OS. Should I install new drives or OS first?

Hi there. I have a Early 2008 15" MBP (4,1). Model A1260. 2.6GHz with a (almost full) 320gb 7200rpm hdd. Instead of spending thousands on a new MBP, I've decided to give my old one a makeover for a few hundred. Here's my situation:
My optical drive is dead. I'm wanting to set up a dual drive situation by adding a 240gb SSD as well as a new 750gb 7200rpm HDD for storage. I have a new optical drive with USB adapter on the way for external use.
I'm also currently running Leopord and want to upgrade my OS X. I have the install disk from Apple.
So my questions are as follows:
1. This is my first venture into performing surgery of any kind on the computer and I'm not a professional. In a broad sense, is this too much for my 'older' computer to handle?
2. If I'm good to go this big, should I upgrade my OS first and then switch out the drives or vice versa?
3. This computer seems to run hot. I feel like it always has and always thought it was because of the 2.6Ghz processor. I'm looking at the WD Black Scorpio 750gb 7200rpm. Is this going to run a lot hotter than my current 300gb 7200rpm HDD? Is there a better option? I usually use it with a USB fan base.
I also just wanted to openly ask for advice in general, based on my lack of experience. Is there something else I should know before diving in?
Thanks ahead of time for taking the time to help. I grately appreciate it! I'm really looking forward to this project!

Hi, what you plan to do will indeed revive your old Mac and make it ~~ fly ~~
Before you do anything else, Backup Backup Backup, at least to Time Machine and one cloned drive BEFORE you embark on any of the above.
kgroove1 wrote:
Hi there. I have a Early 2008 15" MBP (4,1). Model A1260. 2.6GHz with a (almost full) 320gb 7200rpm hdd. ..
So my questions are as follows:
1. This is my first venture into performing surgery of any kind on the computer and I'm not a professional. In a broad sense, is this too much for my 'older' computer to handle?
I have the same model (early 2008 Macbook Pro, A1260, 4,1) and currently run OS X Mavericks on my system with 2 x 1TB Seagate Hybrid hard drives in each bay. Now my computer SINGS.....¶¶•ªªº••¶¶¶
You say that your hard disk space is low and you will find that that is the biggest bottleneck for your system, so upgrading the hard disk space will make a huge diference. But you should also consider upgrading your RAM too. Some time ago I had upgraded my RAM from the factory installed 2 GB to the maximum 6GB allowed on this computer, and it has made a huge difference.
2. If I'm good to go this big, should I upgrade my OS first and then switch out the drives or vice versa?
This step depends on what kind of system you want to set-up. Do you want a clean install, with an out of the box kind of system so that you set up all applications and settings from scratch, or do you want to maintain your old settings and apps as they are, maintaining your users and settings.
The best way to do the latter is to get an external hard drive enclosure to hold the new drive, and after erasing it and formatting it, clone your old hard drive onto it, using Carbon Copy Cloner or Superduper. But for this you will need a SSD with at least the same amount of hard disk space as your current boot drive. After the cloning operation is done, you can swap the drive out from the main enclosure and remove the Optical drive to be replaced by an Optical Bay to hold the new large capacity storage hard disk.
3. This computer seems to run hot. I feel like it always has and always thought it was because of the 2.6Ghz processor. I'm looking at the WD Black Scorpio 750gb 7200rpm. Is this going to run a lot hotter than my current 300gb 7200rpm HDD? Is there a better option? I usually use it with a USB fan base.
In my opinion you do not need a 7200 RPM in your optical bay. A 5400 RPM drive will not be noticeably slower on your system, and the benefit of running this in terms of power usage and heat generation will outweigh the slower speed. Also, the Seagate Hybrid drives that I use have 8GB of Flash memory, to run frequently used apps much faster, and the speeds are excellent with lower heat generation.
To sum up, to lower your CPU temperatures, get more RAM, extra hard disk space for your boot drive and run a lower speed drive.
I also just wanted to openly ask for advice in general, based on my lack of experience. Is there something else I should know before diving in?
Since you are upgrading from Leopard to Mavericks, you will need to putchase a retail version of 10.6.3 (Snow Leopard) or above and install that before you can install Mavericks as a free upgrade. I would install that first, then upgrade to Mavericks on my old system, and only then clone the system afetr checking that it was working to my satisfaction.
BEFORE embarking on any of the above, Backup Backup Backup your current system, at least to Time Machine and one cloned drive.
I have done the 2 x 1TB upgrade just last week and for your reference below is a picture of my own set-up, with hardware links and links to iFixit instructions.
Comprehensive iFixit "How-to" instructiions can be found here:
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/MacBook_Pro_15%22_Core_2_Duo_Models_A1226_and_A1260
For my hardware, see the links below to get some ideas:
Optical Bay Enclosure:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00A2VNUK4/ref=noref/278-2586001-6565828?ie=U TF8&psc=1&s=computers
SSD:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BQ8RGL6/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&psc=1&s=computer s
My HDD:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BHRWHNI/ref=oh_details_o01_s01_i02?ie=UTF8 &psc=1
(The picture below is while I was testing the system before I replaced the original 750GB Toshiba with the Seagate 1TB)
Have fun

Laptop Dual Drive configuration with SSD

I would like to get an opinion on what configuration would give me the best performance on my laptop.
I have a Dell Studio 17. It has two drive bays. Quad core processor, and 8 gig of ram.
I am going to re-install the OS (Win 7 Ultimate).
I will have two hard drives. One, a 250gig Kingston Solid State Drive. Two, a Seagate 750gig 7200rpm w/16meg cache.
I am thinking of using the 250gig for the OS, and 750 for data.
So here is my question, would I install CS5 on the C (solid state) drive since it is faster? and where would the best place to put media and scratch files be?
I can put it all on C being that it is a solid state drive and much faster, but then I am only using one drive controller. Or, should I split it up and utilize both drive controllers. Of course, I suppose that Dell only used one drive controller for both drives in which it's a mute point. But I don't know this for sure.
Anyway, open to any opinions. Including installing the OS on the larger slower drive, maybe using some partitions, leaving the 250 gig Solid State as the CS5 drive.
Thanks

I did some benchmarks using PerformanceTest 7.0
What is interesting to me is that I had partitioned my 2nd drive to put my CS5 projects on. Scratch is on C.
The B drive, and D drive is the same drive, just two different partitions. I don't know why, but the B partision is slower than the D partition.
B is 112gig with 50gig free, and D is 340gig with 65gig free. But being the same physical drive, I would think they would have the same performance.
Anyway, also included in the benchmark is drive M, which is my external drive connected both as a USB drive, and an ESATA drive.
The ESATA benchmark is pretty good, beating the B drive in all tests, and close to the D drive.
Of course the SSD drive beats them all in all tests.
Can't wait for these to come in a terabyte at affordable prices. !!

What is the best setup for Photoshop CS5 on a Dual Drive Laptop?

I have a new W701ds with Windows 7, 16 gig of ram, drive C is a 256GB SSD, the second drive is 7200rpm 500GB HDD. I want to use was thinking about partioning the second drive to allow for backup. .

Welcome to the forum.
If the partition is ONLY to be used for backup, you are probably OK, but if you plan on using it for say Scratch Disks, I would hold off on that.
With the fast SSD Drive 0, you will have your OS and programs there. Then you will have your images and your Scratch Disks on Drive 1. Even faster would be to have the Scratch Disks on Drive 2, but you only have the SSD and the one SATA HDD, so the former is as good as it gets.
Good luck,
Hunt

How to make TRIM in 10.6.8 work for Aug 2009 macbook pro with 120 GB SSD?

Just installed 10.6.8 on a August 2009 Macbook Pro with 120 GB SSD (which is Apple installed memory), and TRIM is not enabled. When I installed 10.6.8 on an August 2010 Macbook Pro with 500 GB SSD (Apple installed), the TRIM became enabled without me doing anything else. Is there some procedure I should use to enable TRIM on the August 2009 unit? Thank you for your advice. Carl

but there's no proof that such hacking is either safe or beneficial to performance
Not my take on this at all. My Air for example struggled with write fatigue something chronic - after filling it up the drive performance was down to about 40% on benchmarking, and in the real world felt a lot slower than it was. Enabling TRIM and then erasing free-space resulted in it benchmarking back to where it was at new, and the real performance being back to how I remembered it.
The Sandforce controller enabled Vertex 2E - I don't know if it's made a world of difference to that as I don't remember that unit suffering with write fatigue particularly.
The Crucial M225 struggled with write fatigue, and again TRIM sorted it out - and still has.
All the above perf tests/comparisons etc. are all on my blog if you want to have a look see.

WD Black2 Dual Drive 2.5" 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD Kit

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for