is the HD sata II or sata III? Does laptop come with Win8.1 installation disk?
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7200 rpm drives get SATA III while 5400 drives get SATA II. No, key code for automatic upgrade.
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Pretty sure HDD is, and 1 of the memory modules. The other memory module is buried deeper in the laptop. I plan on upgrading the HDD to a samsung 840 SSD when I get this.
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I bought one early this year, same specs except it came with Win7 Pro 32bit.Did not ship with "system recovery disk set" or a recovery partition on the HD. Later, I was sent a "system image" and a Win7 repair disk as an after request. All vendors are different at to what you get in the box, despite the generic description. If you don't get what is listed, complain to the vendor first.
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This computer will come with the Windows 7 Disk. If you order one, and for some reason do not receive a disk, simply contact our Customer Service department.
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The one i received stated win 7 and that is what was installed. I did notice that all the documentation on the system was for win8 so i assume that this is a win8 capable machine that was rolled back to win 7 and am very happy with the machine.
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It does not come with a disk, but it does have pretty good driver maintenance/update software. My hard drives are partitioned into 4 1/2TB drives. I don't know of any reason you couldn't install both operating systems, but I have not had occasion to do so.
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This particular model came with no hard drive and I ended up purchasing a Western Digital 500 gigabyte hard drive and install it myself - very easy to do. Itended up being cheaper to do it this way than to purchase it with the hard drive already installed.
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it does not have a dvd drive, but you do not need one to install Windows stuff. Ggo to the Microsoft sight and check out getting the whole or part of their package. The price isvery nice for all you get and since it is not actually on your laptop it is always up to date, you do not have to do anything but uusee it
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This is the full retail box, complete with screws and SATA cable. HOWEVER, be careful that you get it from Amazon and not a 3rd party seller. Some of the 3rd party sellers have been pulling these drives from external enclosures, and those drives carry NO WARRANTY (they can tell from the serial number on the drive) once removed from their enclosures.
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No, Windows is not installed when you receive the Hard Drive and you will need to provide your own copy of Windows
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NO, even tho the seller claims it comes pre-installed. Also no install disk included with the laptop.I returned mine.
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No, it is a bare bones drive. I ordered a SATA cable separately from amazon.
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You do not need SATA III. The SSD drive will run at the rated speed of the machine it is installed on, which on laptops is SATA. It is still a lot faster than the original hard drives that come with laptops. That is why I also install the Samsung 830 series SSD drives instead of the faster (and more expensive) 840 series drives on my laptops. You will be making a Very good choice of SSD drive for your machine. Hope that helps you.
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I don't remember any. It is all on the drive. All I had to do was plug it in and it was recognized. Win7 64. Probably get it off of Seagate's web site too.
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http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8142/~/difference-between-sata-i,-sata-ii-and-sata-iii
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1. Internal 2.5" Intel 240GB SSD2. SATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cable3. Installation Guide on CD
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This system comes with a Seagate Barracuda 1000 GB hard drive. Model number ST 1000DM003 that should allow you to retrieve all the relevant information for this drive. FYI - I switched it out with a Crucial M500 240GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive. The response times are night and day difference. It takes less than 10 seconds to cold boot the computer to Windows 8 login with the solid state drive.