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    mSATA installation process

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by leoaj, Jul 19, 2011.

  1. leoaj

    leoaj Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi I plan to get an mSATA ssd for my new lenovo y570 and wanted to go over a few things in terms of the process since I've never done this before.
    -First off, if there is any kind of guide laying around can I have a link?
    -Is the process just put the chip in, screw it in and add windows/drivers/software to it?
    -After installing Windows/drivers/software to the mSATA what do I do with the original hard drive? (Leave it? wipe it?)
    -Will the laptop automatically start booting from the mSATA or is there some setting I have to change to do it?
    -Are there any drives missing from here that I may need?
    -Are there any options/setting recommended for optimizing the ssd's performance?
    -Does this void warranty?

    Thanks
     
    leoaj, Jul 19, 2011
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  2. Luis_GT

    Luis_GT Notebook Consultant

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    Its as simple as screw it in, and use the restore disks... I removed my hdd while i did the restore so it would creat it as a rapid drive (hd and ssd combined as one) after I restores it, I inserted the hdd again and wiped it from within win 7.

    You have to creat the restore disk with the lenovo one key restore.
     
    Luis_GT, Jul 19, 2011
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    leoaj Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks,

    Do you know if I can use an external hard drive to do the one key restore or does it need to be dvds?
     
    leoaj, Jul 19, 2011
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    Luis_GT Notebook Consultant

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    Didn't try it that way... I burned the disks as it only took 2 DVD's

    I'm still debating doing a clean install in order to recover the 14GB's of space that the restore partition takes.
     
    Luis_GT, Jul 20, 2011
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    Nemix77 Notebook Deity

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    Question:

    Does Lenovo Rapid Drive keep anything on the SSD once the SSD and hard drive is merged or does Rapid Drive only use the SSD for caching like Intel SRT?
     
    Nemix77, Jul 20, 2011
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