Can I install an SSD for a laptop or HHD at the same time?

SSD hard drives have higher speeds than HDDs, however SSDs have a high price, limiting users. So should I install an SSD for my laptop to both meet the need for fast speed and not worry about capacity? Please see TipsMake's following article to get the answer.

What are the benefits of adding an SSD to your laptop in parallel with the HDD?

If you install an SSD on your laptop along with an HDD on your laptop, users will receive benefits in terms of speed and storage capacity during use, specifically:

With an ssd drive for laptops, it will help increase Windows boot speed as well as data transfer speed. However, the cost of buying an SSD hard drive for Dell laptops (or other brands) will be higher than an HDD, especially for large capacity SSD drives for laptops .

HDD hard drives are cheaper but can be suitable for storing large data.

It can be said that adding an SSD to a laptop brings satisfaction to users when the device reaches fast speed and can expand data storage space at a moderate cost.

Besides installing an additional SSD for the laptop , users can still install 2 SSDs or 2 HDDs in parallel depending on their needs.

More specifically, installing 2 hard drives in parallel also helps take advantage of the RAID feature, which is a solution to safely protect data on the hard drive if one computer fails during use.

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Can a laptop install SSD and HDD at the same time?

Currently, new generation laptops have integrated Z77, H77 or B75 chipsets, so you can easily use two hard drives in parallel just through Intel Smart Response technology. For older laptops, if you want to use a hard drive, you need an mSATA slot.

Therefore, when you want to add an SSD to your laptop , you need to check to see if the computer has a hard drive slot or not. In particular, mSATA hard drives are very rare in the Vietnamese market and are mainly sold abroad so they are very difficult to find and the wear is quite high.

Therefore, consider carefully before making the decision to install two hard drives in parallel on the same computer.

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Epilogue

Above is information about installing an SSD for a laptop . Hopefully the sharing from TipsMake's above article will also help you answer your questions. If you want to know more technology information, you can also contact TipsMake immediately for answers.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 10 October 2023