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Alienware Alpha HDD Upgrade
Just wanted to let people know that there is another drive outside of a 7400rpm or SSD you can install. Western Digital has created a 'dual drive' called the WD Black2. Its basically a 128GB SSD paired with a 1TB 5400RPM drive. Its kind of big but seems to fit just fine without hitting or scraping anything. It is somewhat odd how it sets up as you install the OS on the SSD and then you have to run WD's own program to activate the HDD portion, however I did test it out and once its active it remains that way even if you wipe the system and start over, so any programs or files on the HDD remain there. Other then that, if you have any questions I can try to answer them!
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February 25th, 2015 07:00
Beamermt79,
Thank you very much for the information!
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May 27th, 2015 02:00
Was it easy to install
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June 3rd, 2015 14:00
Physically yes, its a small squeeze but it works. As for the software its different because its technically 2 drives in one and you have to 'activate' the HDD portion using their software.