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M6600- Maxing out the Hard drive

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by tjr2010, Jan 9, 2012.

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    tjr2010 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I will be soon purchasing a M6600, I want to max out on the Hard Drive space, I've read around different places saying different things, What is the maximum capacity of the hard drive storage I can put in this beast? Including the msata Ssd also?
     
    tjr2010, Jan 9, 2012
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    I don't think this laptop supports the thicker 1tb drives so 750 may be the biggest. What you can do is out a hd in each hd bay. Put a msata ssd in. Remove optical bay and put in a hd enclosure. And if you're really crazy, get 32 gigs of ram and set aside a portion to be a ramdisk.
     
    zergslayer69, Jan 9, 2012
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    max for msata is 128gb for now. samsung is supposed to release 256g one soon
     
    Dellienware, Jan 9, 2012
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    Samsung makes a 1TB HDD that will fit.

    SAMSUNG Spinpoint M8 HN-M101MBB
     
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    Tried the idea... and now stuck at black screen after Dell logo.. even cannot enter bios setup... :(
     
    WaNaWe900, Jun 21, 2012
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    You can put 3x1TB ssd's in it + 256GB mSata. That's about max at the moment
     
    Aikimox, Jun 21, 2012
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    Currently put 256GB mSATA + 512GB SSD-III in Bay 1 + 500GB Memontus XT HDD in Bay 2 + 500GB Scorpion Black HDD in Optical Bay HD Enclosure...
     
    WaNaWe900, Jun 21, 2012
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    mushkin has a 240gb msata ssd out now. I haven't had any experience with mushkin products but it is available.
     
    dafunk60, Jun 22, 2012
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    Why am I having trouble finding mSata drives that are compatible with the M6600? I have looked for 128GB and 256GB and not found any that report compatibity with the M6600. I have found plenty that support M4400, M4500 and M6500, but none for M6600. Can you guys suggest some for me please?
     
    Garet Jax, Aug 23, 2012
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    The crucial M4 256gb mSATA is working fine for me. Paid $200 on newegg.com about a month ago.
     
    dafunk60, Aug 23, 2012
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