Best of both worlds --SSD on laptop AND HDD

jimbo45

New Member
VIP Member
Guru
Messages
4,373
Location
Hafnarfjörður IS
Hi there
I've found THIS to be the best way of combining the FAST SSD drive with a reasonable amount of HDD storage on a laptop - provided the laptop has a USB3 port. (note a USB3 port not standard USB2).

1) Get a SATA==>USB3 connector (not the USB 2 ones. -- they are quite cheap and look something like this
Amazon.co.uk: usb 3 to sata

2) install windows on an SSD drive .

3) connect it to the usb3 port on the computer and boot it -- will boot almost as fast as native sata --USB3 is decently FAST !!!.

That way if I'm in a static place I boot from the USB3 SSD attached device.

If I'm travelling -- then storage is more important than speed -- so I just boot from the laptop's internal HDD. -- You can get decent laptop spinners now of up to 1 TB !!!!. Saves also carrying 2 or 3 smaller external HDD's. The SSD is small and light -- no problem taking that in the computer bag.

That way the 120GB SSD isn't limiting by only having 120 GB.


Windows hasn't asked for re-activation either whether its booted from the SSD or HDD.


Cheers
jimbo
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Linux Centos 7, W8.1, W7, W2K3 Server W10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1 X LG 40 inch TV
    Hard Drives
    SSD's * 3 (Samsung 840 series) 250 GB
    2 X 3 TB sata
    5 X 1 TB sata
    Internet Speed
    0.12 GB/s (120Mb/s)
Wouldn't it have been easier (if your laptop can do it) to replace the optical drive with a mechanical hard drive and just use an external optical drive when needed?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows Server 2012 Standard w/Hyper-V
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP ProBook 4430s
    CPU
    Intel Core i3-2310M
    Memory
    16GB DDR3
    Hard Drives
    80GB Intel 320 SSD
    500GB Samsung Momentus
Back
Top