Cany you upgrade to an ssd?
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I bought a Samsung ssd 256GB and cloned the drive with the included software. Works great. Just estimating the boot time before and after by counting in my head, before it took say 40 seconds from when I saw the first bios splash screen, and after putting in the ssd it takes 6 seconds to boot.
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Yes, you can. Also included are two bay areas, so you can install both the SSD and the HDD that came with it.
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I haven't done that so I can't completely answer but really any SSD should work in it. This laptop really boots up fast compared to a regular HD. I suspect it is one of the new hybrids.
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You don't. Just follow the instructions to do a restore (disk clone) and the new ssd is just like the old ssd. Once you complete the new ssd installation, then perform the in-place upgrade as you would normally.
25896
No. you will have to buy a separate 2.5 inch SSD drive along with it. I bot one for around 150$.
1342114
Yes. Should you so choose, you can have the optical drive replaced with an SSD and run your system from the SSD. So much faster!
203018
Hi,I haven't opened the case, but as far as I know, the SSD can't be upgraded (in my case that not a problem I use online storage)same thing with the battery, sorry that couldn't be much help.Ahmad
753535
Yes, you can - either an m.2 ssd (harder to install) or a 2.5" ssd which is very easy to install.
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You can, but it's not so easy because you have to open the case. Also, this S7 has two SSD drives, each of 64gb, that are joined by the in hardware RAID. So, you will probably need to rebuild this raid once the SSDs are changed.
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Here is what I had to do. Format the SSD, so it will be recognized as a drive with a new drive letter. Don' forget, cloning will bring over your present operating system as well, so upgrade it first, if you want a new one.Both Samsung and Seagate have included software. Be sure only to use USB 2.0. bE ADVISED IF YOU HAVE A FAIRLY NEW MB, CONTACT THE MB Co. which SATA CONNECTIONS (PORTS) TO USE. SOME ARE TOO SLOW.
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As long as you don't change the motherboard, you're OK. I have changed out both my laptop and desktop (OS) hard drives to SSDs with no problem.There is a Microsoft Licensing FAQ on this --- it's under Refurbished/Used PCs.http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/licensing_faq.aspx#fbid=ZeL6n4MrK8a
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Any SSD's today replace/upgrade all of the SATA 2.5" hdd = 5200 to 7200rpm down to stone ages 2002 or even earlier.
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You should be able to. I don't know if you would be able to boot from it though, which is the purpose of the ssd. That seems to be a pretty old machine. go to reddit.com/r/buildapc they can give you better tech info, and help you build a much better pc cheaply. Amazon also sells a wide variety of good processors, and motherboards, that can help with this.
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I have found no way to do that. I've searched the forums and no one has attempted this yet. You can upgrade the SSD, but need to get the cover off for that. At the same time, the stock RAM has been just fine for my enterprise computing needs. If you are looking for a hardcore gamer or CAD, then this isn't the machine for you.
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Yes and No. You can order the SSD drive with a data transfer kit or order just the drive without a data transfer kit.
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Yes you can upgrade the SSD, dont worry about losing RAID 0 capability as it doesnt provide any redundancy or data mirroring capability. It is supposed to give a small performance benefit in parallelism of read and write operations but the reality is very minimal. You can upgrade to 256 or 500Gb SSD (S7-392 model so I'd expect it to work with the S7-391) however you need to be aware of certain bios settings. Suffice to say its not for the beginner. You need a 50mm msata replacement, very important. You can take the old one out and buy a caddy for $20 and plug it into the USB 3 and have a very fast external drive. NOTE REPLACEMENT OF THE SSD WILL VOID THE WARRANTY. Yes you can upgrade the SSD, dont worry about losing RAID 0 capability as it doesnt provide any redundancy or data mirroring capability. It is supposed to give a small performance benefit in parallelism of read and write operations but the reality is very minimal. You can upgrade to 256 or 500Gb SSD (S7-392 model so I'd expect it to work with the S7-391) however you need to be aware of certain bios settings. Suffice to say its not for the beginner. You need a 50mm msata replacement, very important. You can take the old one out and buy a caddy for $20 and plug it into the USB 3 and have a... » Read More Yes you can upgrade the SSD, dont worry about losing RAID 0 capability as it doesnt provide any redundancy or data mirroring capability. It is supposed to give a small performance benefit in parallelism of read and write operations but the reality is very minimal. You can upgrade to 256 or 500Gb SSD (S7-392 model so I'd expect it to work with the S7-391) however you need to be aware of certain bios settings. Suffice to say its not for the beginner. You need a 50mm msata replacement, very important. You can take the old one out and buy a caddy for $20 and plug it into the USB 3 and have a very fast external drive. NOTE REPLACEMENT OF THE SSD WILL VOID THE WARRANTY. « Show Less
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changing the drive is easy, any SSD SATA would do. I would go about 250g or bigger if you can afford it. Don't forget to clone from the original to get all the proper drivers .
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Yes you can. I used this to upgrade from a SATA 128GB SSD to a 256GB SSD. You install the software, connect the new target SATA drive with the adapter, select the partition to copy and let it run. Took me 45 minutes to do this. I then shut down my PC, swapped drives and restarted the PC and I was back in business.
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Positive, the SSD can be upgraded but the memory is soldered onto the motherboard. ifixit has a great teardown of that machine and shows the memory modules on the board on page 2, step 13. http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Air+13-Inch+Mid+2013+Teardown/15042/1