Unsolved
This post is more than 5 years old
11 Posts
0
5598
boot vostro 5468 from m2 ssd
Hi,
i am looking to upgrade a dell vostro 5468 with a m2 ssd drive. the normal 1tb hdd will remain in place.
can i boot from the ssd on this laptop so the OS will be on m2 ssd and keep the hdd for data only?
an m2 sata ssd will probably be detected bu i want to make sure i can boot the os from there and use the hdd as data drive.
ejn63
1 Rookie
1 Rookie
•
87.5K Posts
0
September 23rd, 2017 08:00
Yes you can-- be sure you purchase a SATA M.2 drive. NVMe/PCIe drives will not work in this system.
Dell E6430 Owne
11 Posts
0
September 23rd, 2017 09:00
thanks ejn63,
can you tell me if anything extra such as tray/ bracket or screws etc. will be needed to intall the ssd?
also pls tell me if latitude 5470/5480 also have the same dual drive capability?
ejn63
1 Rookie
1 Rookie
•
87.5K Posts
0
September 23rd, 2017 13:00
You'll need a screw to secure the drive -- drive kits generally come with them; bare drives don't.
The E54x0 systems appear to have either M.2 or 2.5" - not both. There's a mounting bracket required for M.2 that fits in the 2.5" bay -- and likely won't be present in the system if you order it with a 2.5" drive.
itroitz
2 Posts
0
October 13th, 2017 14:00
Can you explain why NVM will not work?
<ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>
According to this link it should work.