I am buying the 500Gb one, and wondering how much free space I have to leave inside the SSD in order to have it function properly? 20%?
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The Samsung Magician software reserves 10% for over provisioning which is to improve lifespan and performance of the drive. With formatting and over provisioning of a 500 Gb drive, I have 419 Gb free.
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I'm sorry, I did not noticed the problem you mentioned. I was using a Mac OS system. I think it retains at least 10GB of free space is required.
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I believe it is around 96 gb I have about 50+% free. Yes, it is solid state. I am using an external adapter and it is now working better, no longer dropping off.
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I am using it for a 350gb. I wouldn't think the capacity of the drive would be an issue, but then I'm not IT.Hope this is of some help.
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Hello.Ive purchased and currently own this product.This computer has SSD of 256GB and you can use slightly less than that. (The model that is described here)Thank you and let me know if you have any question!
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Hello Matthew, I unfortunatelly cannot answer your question because I am using this drive in a Mac. The system is completely different and has been implemented to use this drive. At the mac I get 6GB put through and the system itself manages the SSD part of the drive. I have no idea if or how Windows will take advantage of it. Sorry.
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Hi Johu, yes, it certainly does, as it is about 25%. However, I strongly recommend using SSDs as you will certainly notice a huge difference in performance, in everything you do. For your information, you will actually have 106GB available. Windows, plus other software installed will take you about 20/25GB, so you will remain really with 80GB, hopefully a bit more. In case you need more capacity for media files, which can take up storage, you can always use an external drive. For me, it's working just fine.
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I am using a 500Gb hard drive (the original that came with the Mac). In the original spot I've installed a 320Gb SSD drive. But I believe that if the Hard Drive has the same form factor, it doesn't matter the capacity.
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You know that is a excellent question. All the specs on different websites say it has a 500Gb HDD with a 32GB SSD hybrid. Although when I search through my system properties I do not see the 32GB partition listed. Do you know exactly how I would know? I would think that the model numbers specs would be universal.
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I just opened mine to put 2x4GB SODIMMs into it ... nope. It is NOT user-upgradeable. Memory chips are soldered on. SSD is mSATA so in the future you could presumably upgrade it to 256GB, but the memory is not upgradeable in this at all. Live and learn.
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I bought a.256 SSD for my op system and start up.programs and used my HDD with another to.store music pics.etc....works.really well
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Yes, I actually just ordered a 500 GB drive for mine and will be doing it as soon as it arrives. There are several "how-to" threads on the web that details the steps required. My only caution would be to take your time, take plenty of pictures along the way and keep the old drive in a safe place so you always have a backup. The new SSD will not only shorten your boot time to seconds it will also dramatically increase your battery life. Good Luck.
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I'm in the process of doing this exact upgrade, except up to 480 GB. Using Macrium Reflect Free, I was able to clone the drive, swap it into the Series 9, and the computer is acting perfectly. It worked. The problem is that even though it's a 480 GB drive, windows just shows it as the same size as old one, with 300GB of "unallocated" space that I can't figure out how to make accessible. If you figure it out, please let me know how you did it! My thread is one of the other Q & A threads on this same product.
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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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Because ~5% is partitioned off by the manufacturer for the purposes of read/write - as you do not defrag am SSD, this is required to allow the data to be cleaned up within the system This is still a 512 disc, which will actually mean ~500 for use, less ~5% for SSD specific cleanup tasking - unlike "normal" HDDs the 480 noted is the amount you will actually have to access
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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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Well Depends on your situation I would never do it I have a 240 gig SSD so why would I want to. If its stable not going to get bumped I might think about it at the cost. I can definitely check this out and see what happens as a gamer and system builder I have thought of it I haven't done it because of aforementioned. same for the 128 I got
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The SSD isn't a typical storage drive. It is used to save the windows state on shut-down so the computer boots faster. You can not save programs to it or access in the typical manner. The OS is installed on the 500gb drive along with all programs and files. I am an IT person and this is still an extremely fast computer even for the OS not being on the SSD.