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    Solved! Upgrade HP dv1000 to SSD: mismatch in drive connectors

    I bought a SSD for this sturdy old laptop. It has a SATA controller but the connectors are different from all the other SATA connectors I've encountered. I've upgraded three machines to SSDs so... The HP drive has down-facing connectors whereas the other drives have out-facing connectors. What's...
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    Looking for a solution for windows installation

    In my asus laptop windows is install in 22 gb sata drive is it fine for the operation?
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    SSD M.2 or NVME for HP 15-p208tx

    My Laptop is HP Pavilion Notebook 15-p208tx i7 5500U 8GB RAM and currently 1TB SATA HDD i am looking for upgrade to SSD of 250GB. Does my laptop supports NVME based or M.2 ? Also i am unaware weather these M.2 go into SATA port or PCIe port. ? Can I upgrade ? Samsung 970 Evo Series -...
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    should i buy this?

    8.generation Coffee Lake Processor Intel® Coffee Lake Core™ i7-8750H 6C/12T; 9MB L3; 8GT/s; 2.2GHz > 4.1GHz; 45W; 14nm Chipset Intel® HM370 Express Chipset VGA 6GB VGA 192-Bit VGA 6GB GDDR5 nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX1060 192-Bit DX12 screen 15.6" Full HD 1920x1080 IPS Mat LED screen ram 16GB (2x8GB)...
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    It says hard disk security SATA Port o WDC WD10PPVX-22JC3T0Lock

    How can I unlock Acer Aspire E-15 labtop
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    Samsung 860 EVO 250GB M.2 SATA Internal SSD (MZ-N6E250BW) compatibility

    Will " Samsung 860 EVO 250GB M.2 SATA Internal SSD (MZ-N6E250BW) " compatible with http://]ASUS B250 plus[/url] motherboard? I have a desktop with i5 7th gen processor and 8gb ddr4 ram. There is no GPU card. Will the m2.ssd compatible with the motherboard? Will it increase the PC performance...
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    Need help to choose between M.2 or SATA 3 SSD

    I have a dell inspiron 5567 with 1TB mechanical hdd. I am planning to install an ssd of 128GB and set it as boot drive. Now as this laptop do not have M.2 slot, i have an option of using a M.2 caddy to install M.2 SSD in either optical drive slot or internal hdd area. I need suggestions to...
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    I had no bootable message now I'm getting a SATA Port 0 Toshiba MQ01ABFO5o

    Harddisk security lock how can I remove this and reset my Acer Aspire
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    Alienware 17 R3 Upgrade; What SSD 2.5'' and SSD M.2 drives would be compatible w/ alienware 17 r3?

    I have an Alienware 17 r3, and I want to update it, but I have doubts about which disk to buy. I want to change my HDD for an SSD and my M.2 SSD for another more updated, but I do not know which drives are compatible with my system. to replace the HDD i thought in a SSD Samsung 860 EVO sata or...
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    I have a Toshiba L335 laptop with a failed 200gb 4200rpm SATA HDA - bad sectors and can't be recovered. This is a circa 2006 m

    Dead HDA in old laptop needs replacement - need to know if it will support new SATA drives and if it can use an SSD. SSD's didn't exist when this machine was built, so I don't know if it will work with one. I am not sure it can support a larger capacity standard 2.5" HDA either. The machine...
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    Solved! Samsung EVO 850 Sata III on 9 year old laptop with SATA II?

    Hello all, I have a 9 year old HP Pavilion DV6T laptop of the following configuration which for normal everyday use is still very ok: Intel Core i7-720QM Processor (1.6GHz, 6MB L2 Cache, 1333MHz FSB) 8GB DDR3 System Memory 1GB Nvidia GeForce GT 230M WD Scorpio Black (500GB, SATA-300, 7200RPM)...
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    Alienware m5500i-r3 laptop hard drive compatibility

    Quick question. Does the Alienware m5500i-r3 take ide or sata hard drives????
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    Solved! Name of this SATA 'connector'?

    Not sure if this is in the right place but does anyone know exactly what this is called? I can't find one anywhere and need a replacement. It's from a samsung laptop and seems unique. https://ibb.co/kkXjQS And it connects to this: https://ibb.co/c93r5S (Images aren't showing up for me with tags)
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    Will HGST Travelstar 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0 Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive fit a Toshiba Satellite P55t-B5262?

    I want to replace the stock hard drive (crashed) with the fastest and largest capacity hdd it can hold (hoping to buy from Fry's Electronics shop I can get it today, but I inform me of there's a deal I shouldn't pass up) The laptop is the Toshiba Satellite P55t-B5262 Windows 10 upgrade The...
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    Drive setup for Adobe Premiere Pro with 1 sata and 2 ssd

    I have one sata and two ssd drives, the ssd drives are 450 gb and 30 gb. What is the best setup? Can I, do I want to, put the programs on the ssd or the sata with the operating system on the sata?
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    Unlock harddisk SATA port 0

    How do i bypass the harddisk security SATA port 0 SAMSUNG MZNTE256HMHP LOCK ON A Lenovo yoga 3 pro -1370
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    Freezing PC with 100% Disk Usage Spikes **READ ALL**

    Please help and read it all!!! :( I am having an issue with my Asus Aspire 3 2017 laptop, here are the specifications: AMD A-Series Dual-Core Processor A9-9420 3 GHz (Up to 3.6GHz) , 6GB DDR4 Memory, 1TB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, AMD Radeon R5 Graphics. This occurred right after my PC shut off...
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    Acer Aspire 5742z will not boot with internal CD/DVD drive connected.

    My Acer 5742z laptop (usually) will not boot with the internal CD/DVD drive plugged in. 3 out of 4 times it will reach the acer splash screen and then hard reboot (in a loop). When I slide the SATA CD/DVD drive out it runs through startup with no issue. SOMETIMES it will turn on with the...
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    How should I secure a free-floating HDD

    My stupid bracket does not fit the HDD, or either my HDD has the SATA oriented wrong. In any case, https://ibb.co/eDwB1w I MUST insert the hard drive blue-side up. This stupid bracket is upside down relative to proper HDD orientation, and even if it didn't, the 1mm of thickness it has seems...
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    Asus k56 laptop not posting after sata odd disable in bios

    Hello everyone Kind of an odd problem, I was about to take my laptop outside in the cold to diagnose my car, so I decided to disable my odd sata port where the hdd sits. In bios I'm able to disable various ports including the sata odd. But after disabling it the laptop never fired back up, it's...