If I want to install an SSD is it necessary to remove the optical drive?
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I guess that depends where you want to put the SSD. Get an MSATA and you can keep the optical drive.
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While placing it in the bay for the original HDD, no caddy, you remove it temporarily as shown in the vid, change your
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Exactly, the HDD slot just happens to be under the Optical drive so you'll need to remove it in order to swap your HDD for an SSD.
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Sorry, I'm stupid. By "remove" I thought you meant put in an SSD in place of the optical drive
Language is so fun.
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It is. As Luis noted, you need to remove the optical drive in order to get to the HDD bay. I would recommend getting an mSATA SSD instead. You'd pay about the same price as a 2.5" SSD and it's a lot less hassle to install. Plus, you get to keep your hard drive and use it for data and file storage.
SSD Question
Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Kluchy, May 5, 2013.