I am having a hard time upgrading my Hard disk in my laptop to a SSD (Samsung 840 EVO 500gb). My laptop is the Lenovo Y510P. Here are the specs:
i7 processor, 16 GB of memmory, Nvidia GT755 video card with 2GB of memmory, DVD R/W drive in the ultra bay.
It also has a 1TB hard disk with a 24 GB SSD.
I did not order it with the SSD. But they added it anyway. I won't complain too much.
I suspect it's the little caching drive that is getting in the way of successfully cloning or reinstalling the OS onto the SSD. I am able to get the bios to see the SSD, but have been unable to get it useable. I have also been able to get Windows 8 to see the drive when it's connected via USB3 cable. In other words it is useable as an expensive external hard drive, but not why I bought it.![Smile :) :)](/data/assets/smilies/smile.gif)
I am concerned that I will need to remove the SSD. It's a memory stick similar to a SDIMM. But it also looks like it's screwed down but I'm not sure. Any suggestions?
Thank you!
-Adam
(FYI, I use this to produce 100 mega pixel images in Photoshop.)
i7 processor, 16 GB of memmory, Nvidia GT755 video card with 2GB of memmory, DVD R/W drive in the ultra bay.
It also has a 1TB hard disk with a 24 GB SSD.
I did not order it with the SSD. But they added it anyway. I won't complain too much.
I suspect it's the little caching drive that is getting in the way of successfully cloning or reinstalling the OS onto the SSD. I am able to get the bios to see the SSD, but have been unable to get it useable. I have also been able to get Windows 8 to see the drive when it's connected via USB3 cable. In other words it is useable as an expensive external hard drive, but not why I bought it.
![Smile :) :)](/data/assets/smilies/smile.gif)
I am concerned that I will need to remove the SSD. It's a memory stick similar to a SDIMM. But it also looks like it's screwed down but I'm not sure. Any suggestions?
Thank you!
-Adam
(FYI, I use this to produce 100 mega pixel images in Photoshop.)