Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: 2-Custom Computers, ASUS Desktop, Dell Inspiron 580 Desktop + Dell Inspiron 15R Notebooks 2 + more OS: Win10 Home and Pro, Win10 Insider Preview, WinXP Home Premium, Linux Mint CPU: AMD and Intel Motherboard: ASUS, GigaByte, others Memory: 16GB in ASUS, max. 4GB or 8GB in all others Graphics Card: AMD ATI Radeon or Onboard, ASUS with nVidia GT-710 Sound Card: Onboard Monitor(s) Displays: HP 21.5' Touchscreen, ASUS 27' 4-input Screen Resolution: Usually 1440x900 Mouse: Microsoft Optical Mouse, Wireless and Bluetooth mice with Notebooks Hard Drives: Various internal HDDs and USB HDDs plus 2 x 2TB NAS drives connected to Router.
Internet Speed: 5Mbps Browser: Internet Explorer 11, Firefox and SeaMonkey, Edge when absolutely necessary Antivirus: Windows Defender Other Info: Also running Linux Mint on a Desktop and a Notebook. HP Laserjet and HP Officejet printers connected to Router. I have a Windows 10 PC with an internal 128 GIG SSD. It has an empty plug in slot for another SSD right next to it. I would like to add a 512 GIG SSD.
Solved Is an Intel 120gb ssd enough for dual booting Windows 8 and Mac OSX Mavericks? Solved Using both Mac OSX and Windows 10 on PC (Hackintosh) Dual SSD Boot Drives (one with Mac OSX and Windows. A drive formatted in this fashion can be swapped between a Mac and Windows PC. However, you might choose instead a format you can use easily with OS X, Windows, and Linux.
Can I just plug the new drive into the slot like plugging in a thumb drive and will the computer recognize it? Or do I have to prepare the computer somehow?
ThanksWindows will probably detect it automatically. With the power off, just connect the data and power cables from the new drive. Now turn on computer and go to file manager and see if your new drive listed. If it isn't shown you may have to open disk management and partition and format the new drive. Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Self built OS: Windows 7/64 Professional CPU: Intel 4820-E @ 4.6 Motherboard: Asus X79 Sabertooth Memory: 16 gigs 2400 Graphics Card: Asus GTX-770/OC Monitor(s) Displays: Asus 27 in.
LED Keyboard: Das 4 Professional Mouse: MS 5000 wireless PSU: Corsair AX-860i Case: Phanteks Enthoo Premo Cooling: Water cooling/14 fans, 2 pumps, 2 rad's Hard Drives: INTEL SSD 530-250 Gb Sata 3.0/ Samsung 500 GB SSD external for backups. Internet Speed: 100.0 Browser: I.E. 11/Firefox 57.0 Antivirus: MSE/Malwarebytes Premium/SAS Other Info: LG BluRay Burner/ Sound system KLipsch-THX/ StarTech 5 1/4 ssd/hard drive sata hot swap bay. Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Self made OS: Windows 10 Pro/64 Version 1709 CPU: Intel i7-6800K @ 4.3 Motherboard: Asus X-99 Deluxe II Memory: Corsair Platinum 16 GB @ 2400 Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 1070 OC Monitor(s) Displays: Asus 27' LED LCD/VE278Q Screen Resolution: 1920-1080 Keyboard: Das 4 Professional Mouse: MX Anywhere 2s PSU: EVGA Platium 1200W Case: Phanteks Luxe Tempered Glass Cooling: XSPC Water cooled cpu / hard tubing Hard Drives: Intel SSD 730-240 GB Sata 3.0 Intel M.2 Pro 6000P Internet Speed: 100 mbits Browser: I.E. 11 and Firefox / Spectrum Antivirus: Built in Defender/ Malwarebytes Premium/SAS Other Info: LG BluRay Burner KLipsch-THX speekers Icy Dock ssd Hot Swap bays (4). Windows 10 Home, 16 gigs memory, i7 7700, GTX 1060 graphics card, 800 watt ps, 128 gig SSD, 1 tera bite HDD, 4 USB 3, 4 USB 2 I'm going to take a shot in the dark here.
Its sounds like your talking about PCIe M.2 Slots. If so you you'll need to know what format is supported by your mother board. They could be either SATA or NVME, See what the spec are for the current one. Get the Infor off the SSD and Goggle it.
You have to match up the spec for it in the 512 GB size. Once you know this you will buy the correct one. Shut down computer install in 2nd slot turn back up, you will probably need to inalize and format it in windows Disk Manager. Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Dell Inspiron 7386 2-in-1 OS: Native 64 Windows 10 upgrded to Pro CPU: i7-8565U Motherboard: Dell Memory: 2x 8 GB Graphics Card: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 Sound Card: Realtek Audio Intel(R) Display Audio Monitor(s) Displays: 13.3 Screen Resolution: 1020 X 1080 Mouse: Logitec MX Anywhere 2 Hard Drives: BC501 NVMe SK hynix 512GB Internet Speed: 60 down 4 up Cable Spectrum Browser: Chrome Antivirus: Norton/Malwarebytes Other Info: Recently i have just given up on IE 11 have never liked Edge Chrome lovers you have converted me. Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Self built OS: Windows 7/64 Professional CPU: Intel 4820-E @ 4.6 Motherboard: Asus X79 Sabertooth Memory: 16 gigs 2400 Graphics Card: Asus GTX-770/OC Monitor(s) Displays: Asus 27 in. LED Keyboard: Das 4 Professional Mouse: MS 5000 wireless PSU: Corsair AX-860i Case: Phanteks Enthoo Premo Cooling: Water cooling/14 fans, 2 pumps, 2 rad's Hard Drives: INTEL SSD 530-250 Gb Sata 3.0/ Samsung 500 GB SSD external for backups.
Internet Speed: 100.0 Browser: I.E. 11/Firefox 57.0 Antivirus: MSE/Malwarebytes Premium/SAS Other Info: LG BluRay Burner/ Sound system KLipsch-THX/ StarTech 5 1/4 ssd/hard drive sata hot swap bay. Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Self made OS: Windows 10 Pro/64 Version 1709 CPU: Intel i7-6800K @ 4.3 Motherboard: Asus X-99 Deluxe II Memory: Corsair Platinum 16 GB @ 2400 Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 1070 OC Monitor(s) Displays: Asus 27' LED LCD/VE278Q Screen Resolution: 1920-1080 Keyboard: Das 4 Professional Mouse: MX Anywhere 2s PSU: EVGA Platium 1200W Case: Phanteks Luxe Tempered Glass Cooling: XSPC Water cooled cpu / hard tubing Hard Drives: Intel SSD 730-240 GB Sata 3.0 Intel M.2 Pro 6000P Internet Speed: 100 mbits Browser: I.E. 11 and Firefox / Spectrum Antivirus: Built in Defender/ Malwarebytes Premium/SAS Other Info: LG BluRay Burner KLipsch-THX speekers Icy Dock ssd Hot Swap bays (4). Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Dell Inspiron 7386 2-in-1 OS: Native 64 Windows 10 upgrded to Pro CPU: i7-8565U Motherboard: Dell Memory: 2x 8 GB Graphics Card: Intel(R) UHD Graphics 620 Sound Card: Realtek Audio Intel(R) Display Audio Monitor(s) Displays: 13.3 Screen Resolution: 1020 X 1080 Mouse: Logitec MX Anywhere 2 Hard Drives: BC501 NVMe SK hynix 512GB Internet Speed: 60 down 4 up Cable Spectrum Browser: Chrome Antivirus: Norton/Malwarebytes Other Info: Recently i have just given up on IE 11 have never liked Edge Chrome lovers you have converted me.