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    Question SSD not recognised ?

    Read my post again. I have a 2.5 SSD
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    Question SSD not recognised ?

    I have a Kingston SSD also. Same thing happens. SSD is not recognized. I also have a Compaq Presario and the SSD is recognized. I have an HP laptop too and no problems with it either. All these laptops recognize the cloned SSD drive but not the Dell E6520 laptop. If I put a mechanical drive in...
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    Question SSD not recognised ?

    I'm back again. OK! This is what I have been up to. I cloned the SSD again with another laptop. I took the laptop SSD out and put in the one that I cloned. Everything works fine. I took the freshly cloned SSD out and put it in the E6520 Dell laptop and it still doesn't work. No drive...
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    Question SSD not recognised ?

    OK, so here's what has been done. I took the HDD and cloned it to the SSD with no problems. I put the SSD in to another dell laptop, XPS M1210 and it works with no problems. Then I tried it in the Latitude E6520 and it is not recognized . I also tried it in a Latitude E 6430 and it is not...
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    Question SSD not recognised ?

    The SSD is a Eluteng Msata to Sata 3.0 Model : S101-1M P/N: ZM2016031623586 This Dell laptop has a lot more settings than my other ones. It is a Latitude E6520 How do I know if it has RAID? In the bios, it has Legacy mode also. This laptop was made in 2017
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    Question SSD not recognised ?

    The current HDD is acting up. I would clone from it but sometimes it freezes up. The new SSD doesn't show up in the bios at al, no matter what I do. When I go back into system config, it just says primary hard drive= NONE
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    Question SSD not recognised ?

    The SSD is a Eluteng Msata to Sata 3.0 Model : S101-1M P/N: ZM2016031623586 This Dell laptop has a lot more settings than my other ones. It is a Latitude E6520 How do I know if it has RAID? In the bios, it has Legacy mode also. This laptop was made in 2017
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    Question SSD not recognised ?

    I need some help please! I have a Dell Latitude e6520 laptop. I decided to upgrade the HDD to a SSD. I have done this before with no problems. This laptop is different. No matter what I do, This laptop will not recognize the SSD. I upgraded the bios to the latest one. I have been in the bios...
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    Question Replacing HDD with an SSD

    There isn't much room in the laptop for anything else. Its a Latitude E6420. So yes, there is only the one drive.
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    Question Replacing HDD with an SSD

    My kid has a small laptop an HP Mini 1000. He came to me and said something is wrong with it. It has a 1.8, 80GB HDD with a ZIF conn and a small short cable that plugs into another ZIF conn on the motherboard. I bought a mini Msata pci-e adapter board and a 128gb mSata m3 SSD that plugs into...
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    [SOLVED] Replacing a PCIe FE Family Controller

    Why would I want to add a colored fan? Or an upgraded graphics card. I don't use this computer for playing games.
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    [SOLVED] Replacing a PCIe FE Family Controller

    I have a Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller in my desktop. I want to upgrade it to a PCIe GBE Controller. Does it matter what brand I upgrade to? Should I stick with a Realtek or doesn't it matter. HP Lists a PCIe 10/100/1000 Base-T INTEL Gigabit NIC card, but it is not available through them...
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    [SOLVED] SSD Keeps Locking Up

    I don't buy your response that the laptop is TOO OLD to run Win 10. I have run Win 10 on a regular hdd with no problems. But, I do see a lot of information online that you can install an ssd into just about any old laptop. The Hp/Compaq Presario that I have is a V5305WM. It does use a PATA /IDE...
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    [SOLVED] SSD Keeps Locking Up

    This laptop runs Win 10 with no problems on a regular HDD. Why not on an SSD? The laptop is a V5000 ( V5305WM ) Hp Compaq Presario.
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    [SOLVED] SSD Keeps Locking Up

    Hi everybody! I have an older laptop that I want to speedup a little. I bought an mSATA SSD along with a little mounting board and case. The laptop has a PATA connector where it plugs into and I couldn't find an SSD with that type connector so I got the mSATA board with the PATA connector. I...