raymosrunerx Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Hello guys,I was wondering how exactly does the hybrid drive work (ie can you put the OS in the solid state part and everything else in the HD part)? Would it be good to put it on the m14x? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unreal25 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I have a pretty good idea. It has few GB of fast NAND memory (500GB Seagate Momentus XT has 4GB NAND memory). It's the same idea of how any kind of cache memory on your computer works. Except that in this case it is quite a big cache memory. It has a I believe it's own controller that is supposed to figure out what data is being used more often and cache it in NAND. In other words, based on your usage it will attempt to predict what data from your hard drive will be accessed and have that stuff there for faster access. I am guessing a part of your Windows / Program Files folder will eventually end up there as a result.I am not aware of a possibility to use the NAND memory and the rest of the disk storage space separately as two separate drives (so I think it is not possible). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeping Shadow Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I'm sorry for my dimmy's question: In my M14 R2 are two drives: ssd 32gb and hdd 750gb. It's work with Intel Rapid. Is it one or two devices ? If it's two - can I replace ssd 32gb with other ssd ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I'm sorry for my dimmy's question: In my M14 R2 are two drives: ssd 32gb and hdd 750gb. It's work with Intel Rapid. Is it one or two devices ? If it's two - can I replace ssd 32gb with other ssd ?The SSD should be replaceable. It sounds like is m-sata and they sell larger sized ssd for thatParanoid Galaxy S3 on Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creeping Shadow Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 mw86, thanks. But I disassembled yesterday my notebook and saw this ssd Samsung 32Gb... It very small. To replace it on usual noutbuchny it is not obviously possible... I read about it - it is created to work together with usual HDD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw86 Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 mw86, thanks. But I disassembled yesterday my notebook and saw this ssd Samsung 32Gb... It very small. To replace it on usual noutbuchny it is not obviously possible... I read about it - it is created to work together with usual HDD.Okay so it works with your regular drive to be like a cache etc. Paranoid Galaxy S3 on Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radji Posted October 28, 2012 Share Posted October 28, 2012 The m14x R2's SSD is an mSATA SSD. It is replaceable/upgradeable. And you can load Windows onto it if you want. The way the mSATA SSD is configured from factory is as a cache drive. That means the SSD will act as a kind of RAM to boost the speed of your regular installed hard drive. You can change this setting to make the cache drive into a regular partitioned drive, but I wouldn't advise it on an mSATA as small as 32GB. You can always remove the stock SSD and install a bigger one. The mSATA SSD is located under the battery, just to the left of the WiFi card. Here is an example of a larger capacity mSATA SSD; it has more than enough room for windows to be installed on it. Newegg.com - Crucial M4 CT256M4SSD3 mSATA 256GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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