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does XPS 15 touch support 2 hard drives?
I am interested in buying a Dell XPS 15 touch but wanted to ensure it could support 2 hard drives before I do so. I notice that the standard configuration supports both a 32GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive so I assume that to mean there is space in the XPS 15 touch for 2 hard drives.
My ultimate goal is to replace the hard drives that come with the XPS 15 with 2 after market 1TB SSDs.
Can an XPS 15 support this configuration? Are there are other models I should be looking at instead?
ejn63
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July 14th, 2014 17:00
mSATA is a small PCI express card - it is not a 2.5" SSD.
The system has internal space for only one 2.5" drive - yes, you can have one mSATA and one 2.5" drive - you CANNOT have two, 2.5" drives.
mSATA SSD:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-MZ-MTE1T0BW-Internal-Single-Version/dp/B00HWHVNUU
2.5"" SSD:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE500BW/dp/B00E3W19MO/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1405380625&sr=1-2&keywords=Samsung+EVO+SSD
The other thing about this model: if you order it with the larger capacity battery (91 WHr), you can ONLY have a single mSATA SSD - the larger battery blocks the spot used by the 2.5" drive so that it cannot be used. You must order it with the smaller 61 WHr battery in order to be able to use the 2.5" drive bay.
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September 27th, 2014 16:00
I am happy to report that it IS possible to have two 1TB storage devices in an XPS 15 Touch. I purchased an XPS15 Touch which arrived yesterday. I replaced the 32GB mSATA device with a 1TB mSATA card and configured the machine to boot from the mSATA instead of the hard drive. This is just marvelous! The machine is brilliantly fast now and I still have the original 1TB hard drive.
Be advised that there are a lot of steps to follow to pull this off (e.g. turning off RAID, cloning the hard drive, etc). Check out some wikis and blog posts to get the instructions before trying it yourself.
ejn63
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July 14th, 2014 15:00
The answer is no - it does not. One of the drives is a standard 2.5" and the other is a card (mSATA). If you want two 1T SSDs, one must be mSATA and the other a 2.5" drive.
msurkan
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July 14th, 2014 17:00
Sorry, but you've lost me. Can't you get SSDs that fit in standard 2.5" eSATA drive bays? Couldn't you put one SSD in the 2.5" slot and the other SSD in the mSATA slot?
Are there other Dell laptop models that would better support 2 SSDs?
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July 15th, 2014 11:00
lcraig
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March 2nd, 2017 12:00
SuperSniglet do you have any images of the inside of your machine as 'proof' that it works. Dell Support is telling me that with Touch, you cannot have two drives.
ejn63
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March 2nd, 2017 13:00
You're replying to a thread that's almost three years old. Are you asking about the old XPS L5xx model in this thread, or about the 2017 model XPS 9560?
The newer XPS 15 will support two devices ONLY if you choose the smaller battery at purchase. If you buy the system with the larger battery, you can use only a single M.2 format SSD. The battery consumes the space needed for a 2.5" drive.
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June 28th, 2017 21:00
For the record, is exactly the same for the M5510.