How do they partition the SSD and HDD on this model? I've heard the JX is partitioned as only 98GB for C drive?
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Mine came with two physical SSD drives and one physical hard drive. They split the hard drive into two logical drives. So you start out with 4 logical drives. I logically combined the two SSD drives into one and removed the partitioning of the hard drive (folk on the ASUS forum told me how to do that). For that matter, I replaced the original 5400 rpm hard drive with a snappier 7200 rpm drive. So at this time my machine has only two logical drives - I like it better that way. HTH
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There are four separate 'hard drives': two are SSD and two are HDD. So they appear as C, D, E, and F. The total 'bytes' is about what they advertised. But I was surprised. If you are expecting one large 'hard drive', all the bytes in C, then you will also be surprised.
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In the Control Panel, under System and Security, there are the Administrative Tools. Choose the Create and format had drive partition option. The Disk Management window allows you to create or remove partitioned hard drives recognized by your system. When ASUS images the drives on this laptop, they create a small partition for the System Recovery, the C drive, and another drive on the SSD. The HDD is partitioned into two Data drives of about 500 GB each. On my system, I Deleted the Data partition on the SSD and gave that space back to the OS partition, giving me over 200 GB of space free.
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C drive has 95.3 GB SSDF drive has 121 GB SSDD drive has 465 GB HDDE drive has 465 GB HDDHope this helps!
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Mine came with two physical SSD drives and one physical hard drive. They split the hard drive into two logical drives. So you start out with 4 logical drives.I logically combined the two SSD drives into one and removed the partitioning of the hard drive (folk on the ASUS forum told me how to do that). For that matter, I replaced the original 5400 rpm hard drive with a snappier 7200 rpm drive. So at this time my machine has only two logical drives - I like it better that way.HTH
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Looks like the size question got answered already, after using it for a few months it seems the C drive is really just supposed to be 100% for your operating system. The system will boot/restart in a matter of seconds. the 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive has plenty of capacity to store everything else.
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I can not answer that question because I did not install the SSD. I brought it to the greek squad at Bestbuy. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
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Just use Windows Disk Management to combine the split partition on the SSD drive (C:) That will let you have the full 256 gigs for the C partition. Before you do anything, make sure the other partition is empty of all data because you will need to delete it. Then right click the C partition and select Extend. That's all there is to it. Search "Disk Management" on the computer to find it. Also search the process of extending partition on You Tube
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You need to move the data files to an external drive or DVDs, THEN clone the C: drive with only the programs on it. Assuming you will have a regular hard drive (even the old one) in addition to the SSD, you change the default file locations (Documents, Pictures, etc.) to the regular hard disk (it's part of the folder properties) then move the data files from the disk/DVDs into the re-located folders. That gives you the boot and program loading speed of the SSD and the storage space of a regular hard disk.
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to you it looks like 1 drive. The firmware on the drive uses the ssd for the most active files. you don't control that. format the partition and load your os. i think you will like it! I am really very happy with the performance; it is very smooth and very consistent.
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Thanks for your information. I did also find out that there's a sata port intended for an optical drive. If so, then I can mount the SSD in that bay and still have all 4 bays for data. Now - does anybody know if the BIOS can handle 3TB drives without repartitioning?
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Regarding use of multiple sized drives; you should not only use the same size, but the same brand and model if possible to avoid issues. The only configuration that this doesn't apply/mean as much to could be JBOD (Basically just one big data dump w/no redundancy). Data gone is gone:)
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That configuration is not offered from the factory as of the time of this answer, but you can upgrade the SSD and the RAM. There is a Youtube video currently available to show you how to do that. You will void your warranty if you open the unit to upgrade it. Also, you can add an SDHC card if you need more local storage space.
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It's the ssd. If you right click on the c drive and note the space it will give it away, because the hdd is 1 TB.
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I once talked to a fellow on the amazon message boards and he told me he had managed to take the stock hard drive out and put in an ssd. That's what he told me he did. I took his word for it and maybe you should too. But it was just his word so proceed with caution. It might void the warranty if you do swap the hard drives out.
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I put in an SDD, then reformatted the drive that came preinstalled into a single partition (leaving the hidden partitions alone in case I need to restore later). After that, the drive shows up as 1.8TB, and it performs like a 5400RPM drive. That being said, I believe that in it's original configuration, it performed as an hybrid drive with 8GB of SSD, which greatly improved it's performance over a regular 5400RPM drive. Hope that helps some.
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Just checked one of mine (using a great tool called "Crystal Disk Info". Great Tool, just choose "Custom install" {not express} and opt out of anything else, it's just bogus ads)So the speed says 5400RPM and it says 8Meg of flash (RAM). The actual internal hard drive is: wd10jmvw-11ajgs1 Look it up for more specs on the drive inside. Enjoy!
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Ryan: I am very interested in finding a case, possibly one with a slot load drive. I read you mentioned a case you found but where's the picture of the case? I would love to see it if you could please provide me a link or photo. Thanks so much. -cindy
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No, you can't (i guess you're talking about RAM). I'm not quite sure about the SSD, but i have a 64 GB Micro SDXC Card in the slot, that's the same amountn :-P and it works perfectly.
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Yes, as a JBOD I have (1) 3TB and (3) 500 GB drives installed. I will add though, my MacMini has a had issues with seeing all.
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750GB. There is a similar model that has a 1TB drive, but no SSD. Somebody cut & paste the wrong stuff into the description.
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Mine does not have ssd. Only hdd (c drive - 436gb and d drive [datsparti] - 7.99gb).