Can I install 128gb ssd with my present harddrive in my laptop?

[hafizali05]

I have a laptop with 500gb harddrive, I am a beginner java developer and see my eclipse load very slow. When i start AVD it works really slow. I thought of getting an ssd with 128gb storage. will that be enough? and can we put ssd and HDD both in laptop?

 

[USAFRet]

and can we put ssd and HDD both in laptop?

That all depends on the particular laptop in question.
Can it hold more than one drive?

 

[hafizali05]

one alternative i see is replacing optical drive with ssd. but how can we do that

 

[CTurbo]

What laptop do You have? Many 17" laptops have two hdd bays. Most smaller laptops do not. Some laptops have a spot for an msata card. You may be able to get a msata ssd.

 

[hafizali05]

What laptop do You have? Many 17" laptops have two hdd bays. Most smaller laptops do not. Some laptops have a spot for an msata card. You may be able to get a msata ssd.

its 15'6 inch assus k55vd, I searched and i even have another question that where exactly is msata port? I googled and it seems msata is even smaller, may be the laptop has the port and we dont have any idea about it.... clueless

 

[CTurbo]

It doesn't appear to have a msata slot, but you should contact Asus and ask them anyway.

The msata slot, if it had one, would be inside the case, sometimes next to the hard drive, ram, and/or battery.