Is the hard drive user accessible? If I wanted to swap it out for a ssd, would I be able to?
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No mention of user-accessibility in the ASUS Manual (other than disassembly will void the product warranty) and no way for me to tell absent attempting to take my unit apart. There is an E-SATA + USB 2.0 Combo port to connect to an external Serial-ATA hard disk drive or other devices, including external HDDs. To be sure, I would recommend contacting ASUS Tech Support prior to purchasing.
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I am not sure about that. I would think tha a sales person could give you the answer. It seems like it would be possible to open up as the hard drive is in the base, not on backside of monitor.
2220646
Not sure. It has held up under very heavy use thus far (for me, since May 2013). However, the SSD is soldered to the motherboard so it's not user-replaceable.
1800215
Yes, you are. I did something similar with mine, moving the hard drive into a different enclosure, safer and more useful for me. The only thing is that I had to reformat the hard drive after making the operation.
2143724
I don't believe it is possible as the footprint of the SSD drive is different from that of a SATA drive..
1342114
Yes. Should you so choose, you can have the optical drive replaced with an SSD and run your system from the SSD. So much faster!
545961
Yes, it can be replaced. I have done it myself. As others already mentioned you will need a msata ssd
1177829
yes, you can. You can install a esata ssd. Or install a docking station and Disk Drive Bay Adapter with hard drive
593024
Thanks very much for your help. I finally succeeded to replace my hard drive with the 128GB SSD with the help of a technician.
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yes you can upgrade the hdd but im not sure on the size and also not sure on the ssd hdd. hope this helps.
1633585
you would need to remove the hard drive from your laptop and yes you will be able to use it
1829712
No, this is SATA; IDE is defunct. You can use that old drive as a paper weight. Also get a Solid State Drive and enjoy about 10x improvement in hard drive speed. SSDs are worth every penny.
455884
No to both questions. It is theoretically possible to do the SSD thing if you are an knowledgeable disassembler, because there is not removeable panel for the hard drive. RAM is out of the question, because it is soldered in, not in a clip. Sounds like you want a different product.
2100062
There is no space for a spare drive. You can replace with a SSD like I did but that's it. Just use the USB 3.0 with an external drive.
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I haven't done that with this laptop, but have swapped a hard drive with an SSD on another HP laptop and it worked great. You just need to get an SSD hard drive that fits in a laptop, most of the more common SSD's do. You also will need to backup and restore the operating system from the existing disk to the new ssd drive.
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I can not answer that question because I did not install the SSD. I brought it to the greek squad at Bestbuy. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
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I am pretty sure it can, I am planning on upgrading the HD to a SSD as well. The stock harddrive is slow, but the display and and processor are excellent. Not sure why they crippled the PC like that.
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Yesthose are all pretty universal these days so by all means feel free to upgrade to SSD :)Enjoy :)