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    Enabling RapidDrive after installing own mSSD (Y580)

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by sensei22, Dec 7, 2012.

  1. sensei22

    sensei22 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I got the y580 with no mSSD and 750GB HDD but I bought a 64GB mSSD that I installed myself and migrated the whole OS to it, but I was wondering if instead of migrating I could just easily wipe out the mSSD, go back to HDD, install RapidDrive to merge HDD+mSSD and have almost SSD-like performance withouth affecting other things (like OKR)
     
    sensei22, Dec 7, 2012
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    anyone please?
     
    sensei22, Dec 9, 2012
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    Not quite sure what you want. If you want to reinstall back on hard drive and cache on your msata then do it. 64GB is a bit of a squeeze to try and run as a boot drive so I can't say I would blame you if you did.
     
    tmsmith616, Dec 9, 2012
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    I basically want to enable Lenovo's RapidDrive technology after I install my own mSSD keeping the factory HDD. Want to get user inputs on pros and cons if possible. Also I would like to know if installing the app is just as simple as running the .exe file or do I need to do some intensive tweaking.
     
    sensei22, Dec 14, 2012
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