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    How many harddrive bays in the 17 R4?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by EventH, Nov 27, 2016.

  1. EventH

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    How many, and what type? Also, how many drives can I have installed at once?

    I've asked a number of other places and keep getting contradictory responses. Cant find this info anywhere on the alienware site either.

    I have an old 2.5" ssd which I'd like to migrate over if I could BUT dont know if it will fit. So if I buy an M.2, what type will fit (2260, 2280?) and how many? Can it fit two M.2's at the same time?
     
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  2. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    1x (2242) M.2 SSD slot.
    2x (2280) M.2 PCIe SSD slots.
    1x 7.5mm HDD bay.



    See 0:49~ for an exact view of the internals.
     
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    Thanks very much.
     
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    No mSATA slot. There are a 2242 M.2 and 2 2280 M.2 plus the 2.5 drive bay.
     
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    Yeah, that's right. It's a half size M.2. Oopsy!
     
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