Notebook Upgrade Bay
Often notebook will not past post and will not boot.
Notebook upgrade bay. Turning on laptop and pressing f9 for boot options cd dvd optical drive is not an option only notebook hard drive notebook upgrade bay and network. Most of the time it is even impossible to access bios without removing upgrade bay first. Installing a 2nd hard drive or ssd in an hp laptop equipped with the hp upgrade bay is easy with our drive caddies designed for the hp upgrade bay. How to add a 2nd hdd or ssd in a hp upgrade bay notebook hard drive caddies external enclosures other products drive adapters cables drive caddy hard drive caddy notebook drive notebook hard drive compaq caddy ibm caddy hp caddy hewlett packard caddy dell caddy toshiba caddy.
Some kits are meant specifically for laptops or desktops. Tiered storage in a single bay notebook. Insert the upgrade bay into the optical drive bay until the upgrade bay bezel is flush with the side of the base enclosure. One can use 2 5 sata hard drives or ssd with drive heights up to 12 5mm.
The optical drive can be replaced with a second hard drive or just be removed for weight saving. A desktop focused upgrade kit might include a drive bay adapter so you can mount an ssd in a 3 5 inch bay meant for a bigger hard drive. U pgrade bay sdd tested samsung evo 850 250gb sandisk sdssdp 128gb intel ssd pro 1500 180gb none works correctly. Hp are you aware of.
You get significantly better responsiveness higher data transfer rates and lower power. Upgrade bay hdd 500gb seagate booting linux no problem. Of course you d rather have a notebook with a nice larger ssd. You can add a second drive to this laptop.
Optical drive itself is fine i just burned the dvd with it.