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Replace a laptop’s CD/DVD optical drive with a Hard Drive

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Add a second hard drive to a laptop by replacing its CD/DVD Optical drive. Works with laptops with a standard CD/DVD Optical drive. newmodeus.com
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17 Responses to "Replace a laptop’s CD/DVD optical drive with a Hard Drive"

  • Jrunri says:
    August 22, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    Would this work as part of a RAID configurations?

  • DisruptiveEchoes says:
    August 22, 2010 at 3:36 pm

    @xReprise remember the universal repository of knowledge: GOOGLE! In this case, SSD stands for Solid State Drive, a more expensive form of hard drive that has no moving parts. These use less power and have higher performance.

  • xReprise says:
    August 22, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    Whats a SSD and its use?sorry i suck at it :X

  • vmmlh says:
    August 22, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    This is brilliant. I have a 640GB drive full of files, but I’d also like to have a SSD to install Windows and software on for faster startup and better performance. I ordered one of these from newmodeUS and will probably stick my old 320GB HDD in until I can afford a 64 or 128GB SSD.

    Honestly, I use my optical drive so rarely I just can’t justify it taking the place of a large hard drive. Now I just need an external caddy for my optical drive..

  • sunny123able1 says:
    August 22, 2010 at 5:21 pm

    is it possible to remove my floppy drive and replace it with a hard drive?

  • technodj13 says:
    August 22, 2010 at 5:39 pm

    does anyone know how to spin a disk when the drive is open?

  • villen86 says:
    August 22, 2010 at 5:47 pm

    This is better use of a computer with the dual hard drives not many people i know even use the dvd drives any more they just save them to the computer or download the software that they use no disc necessary

  • newmodeUS says:
    August 22, 2010 at 6:29 pm

    Hello humblehard,
    It is possible. You should be able to set via the BIOS “boot option” after adding the 2nd drive.
    Sorry, we don’t have any distributors in South Korea.
    Thank you

  • humblehard says:
    August 22, 2010 at 7:27 pm

    I have been hunting for this and thanks for good video.

    Well I have HP Pavillion DV6739TX model which has 160GB pre-installed with vista 32bit. Many of my application s/w’s are not compatible with this. Hence I want additional HDD in which I want to install XP 64bit. I want to use 2 different HD with 2 different OS. Possible? If so, I want 320GB or 640GB in South Korea. Any representative or agent selling this in South Korea? I need this quite urgently. Possibility please… Looking forward.

  • humblehard says:
    August 22, 2010 at 8:24 pm

    This is Really good. I have been hunting before I reached over here.

    Well, I have HP Pavillion DV6739TX model bought in Korea from HP directly. I want to know if its really compatible with my model. If so, I want 320GB or 640GB or 1TB HDD. I want to install Windows XP while my primary(first) drive is having original Windows Vista 32bit. Due to many of my application s/w’s not compatible with 32bit vista, I want to use this additional HDD. Possible? If so, I want to buy in Korea.

  • stsilas01 says:
    August 22, 2010 at 9:24 pm

    Fair enough, Cheers

  • newmodeUS says:
    August 22, 2010 at 10:15 pm

    Hello stsilas01
    Here are some reasons:

    1) A lot of laptop users rarely use their Optical Drive, but need more drive spaces for files. Adding a 2nd drive is a good way to bump up drive space.

    2) Some notebook users want “dual boot capability” on their laptops

    3) Some users want to add SSD to their laptop (solid state drives)

  • stsilas01 says:
    August 22, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    Why would you wanna do that?

  • jeanwean says:
    August 22, 2010 at 11:22 pm

    Thanks man I’ve been looking long for that.

  • masterpj55 says:
    August 22, 2010 at 11:57 pm

    wow cool

  • czukatsumi fior says:
    December 24, 2010 at 2:10 am

    #2: Toshiba MJA2250BH – Hard drive – 250 GB – internal – 2.5" – SATA-300 – 5400 rpm – buffer: 8 MB –

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