Upgrading Alienware Hard Drive To SSD

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Upgrading Alienware Hard Drive To SSD - Ultimate Gaming Beast

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The upgrades of my Alienware 17 laptop keep ongoing. It's now time to replace my 2.5" hard drive to a solid-state drive (SSD) and fill up the empty 2243mm M.2 remaining slot. Subscribe and stay tuned for upcoming uploads.
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@EyeBDaMD 6 ай бұрын

The best vid for this topic! Thanks bro! 👍🏾

@leodelfreitas5449 Ай бұрын

Hey buddy! Congratulation for your video! I just bought my "new' Alienware 14, it's a little bit old but works very well. I'll follow your step to add on my machine a SSD Mve 1tb. Let's see what happens ! Take care!

@YvonSmart Ай бұрын

Thanks! It's built like a tank, their newer models look odd to me lol. I also made many videos about this laptop from upgrades to repairs. Cheers

@ziweiwang2119 3 жыл бұрын

this is what imma looking for bro good job!!

@K1600GTLExclusive 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video. As a precaution, you should release battery cable first (close to SATA HDD/SSD slot). You could also hold the power button for about 20 seconds after shutting the system down and unplugging the power supply.

@dogpaint5499 Жыл бұрын

What happs if u don't do that?

@Liam-dn7pm Жыл бұрын

He's messing with boards that have current still running through. You can fry the whole thing with a single touch not disconnecting the power from the board.

@dogpaint5499 Жыл бұрын

@Liam thanks man I been looking for an explanation cuz I heard the same thing "before doing anything, disconnect the power source so you don't ruin anything" And ur the first to agree. I appreciate you man, thanks

@KingoftheRoad-2023 27 күн бұрын

The best laptop i ever had and still use-no other laptop has 4 slots for storage like alienware-A SHAME most only come with 1 slot nowadays-are u still using it?

@YvonSmart 27 күн бұрын

Yeah, it's still going strong. I fix it myself so no plans to upgrade any time soon LOL

@lindsayd6962 2 жыл бұрын

How do I find compatible SSD hard drives for my laptop. I have this same laptop but this video is 2 years old and I want to see what newer hard drives are available.

@YvonSmart 2 жыл бұрын

It supports the same standard size 2.5" SSD drive, any one will work, you are just checking for price, read/write speeds and capacity. If you are not sure, get the western digital blue SATA SSD. But you also have two slots for M.2 SSDs (2280mm) and one slot for M.2 SSD (2242mm), If you have the same laptop (17 R4)

@carloshenryjr 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! very informative video

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@janecofsky2259 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Yvon, Your video is so much more informative than others I have recently watched. I have a 2018 Alienware 17 R5 that I want to upgrade and wonder if the parts for your R4 would be the same as I should get for mine? Right now they are reasonably priced. Or in my case what would be your choice?

@YvonSmart 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Yes, you can get the same exact drives as mine because both R4 and R5 have the same slots: Two 2280mm m.2 SSD drives One 2.5" Hard Drive One 2242 mm m.2 SSD drive The replacement process is also the same.

@janecofsky2259 2 жыл бұрын

@@YvonSmart do you have an account for donations? I appreciate your advice. You have saved me!

@YvonSmart 2 жыл бұрын

@@janecofsky2259 I'm glad the tutorial helped. I do have a PayPal link, Thanks in advance! www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=38UFGLMVBMRC4

@MessiGoat1030 Жыл бұрын

hello the micro cip with 512 is obligatory or optional?

@brianhartman4426 Жыл бұрын

I have a Alienware M17xR3. One of my hard drives broke and it boot. I bought a ssd upgrade. Any tips?

@Adrian52483 2 жыл бұрын

Is that the biggest 2242 M.2 Card you can find & how much? Also because the drive has 2 keys and the connector only has one is there a drive with only 1 key available so that it runs at the most fastest speed??? Thnx in advanced. Also what are your RAM DDR4 recommendations...I can fit up to 32GB of RAM which I want to do but I am currently shopping around for components at the moment??? Again thnx in advanced!!! Great Video!

@YvonSmart 2 жыл бұрын

I got it for $70 bucks amzn.to/3J3J9ax , There are versions up to 2TB of storage, it has two keys, it's a SATA drive, not the faster NVME drive. but it's fast enough for gaming unless you need hardcore speeds. Yes, there is one with a single key way faster (amzn.to/3z2oRJZ). For RAM, go with this amzn.to/3J3cl1B

@raulcacho5521 2 ай бұрын

I bought Samsung 970 m2 colone with Samsung software In i cant make as the boot drive wont apear as a boot option How did you made it work

@YvonSmart 2 ай бұрын

Make sure to disable secure boot in BIOS settings. If this doesn't solve the issue try a different cloning software AOMEI Backupper Pro is a good option. Also the new cloned drive has to be in the same m.2 socket

@raulcacho5521 Ай бұрын

@@YvonSmart I will try but my laptop doesn't have M2 only hhd And in trying to pass bios to M2 ssd

@leug1m 11 ай бұрын

I bought the ssd 870 evo, but when I connect it to the sata adapter, my laptop does not detect the device, what can I do?

@YvonSmart 11 ай бұрын

New drives do not appear automatically. You have to use disk management in windows to turn the unallocated new drive into a ready to use volume before you can see it in file explorer

@leug1m 11 ай бұрын

Thanks bro! @@YvonSmart

@havalandir 3 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help

@lindsayd6962 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of adaptor cable did you use?

@YvonSmart 2 жыл бұрын

It's a sata to USB A adapter

@stayfocusedplays4078 4 жыл бұрын

Cool videos 👍 I have this same rig. Is the ram upgradable to 32gb?

@31dar2PF 4 жыл бұрын

StayFocused5151 yes

@deathb4bondage558 4 жыл бұрын

@@31dar2PF thank u

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@andrewwolf4963 3 жыл бұрын

Is this the i7 8th Gen?

@CamoKevlar 2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewwolf4963 Yes

@cedricwilliams6229 3 жыл бұрын

I dont understand. So you're replacing a 1 TB C drive with 1 TB? Isnt it the same thing? It looks like when you're doing the clone, your C drive has nearly a TB of info on it. What am I missing? I already bought a 2 TB SSD to put into my Alienware R17

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

Here I'm only upgrading my 2.5" Hard drive (I installed all my games into that hard drive, not in my C drive). I've already upgraded my C drive to 1TB NVME SSD in a previous video. This PC has up to 4 slots: 2X 2280mm SSD slots, 1X 2.5" sata drive, and 1X 2242mm ssd. In this video I upgraded the 2.5" drive and added a new 2242mm ssd to the free slot

@cedricwilliams6229 3 жыл бұрын

@@YvonSmart Okay thank you

@vintageb8 3 жыл бұрын

why are you upgrading both the old HHD and the SSD? why not only the SSD?

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

because HDD is slow, SSD is the way to go. I also had an empty slot in my pc so I also got an SSD to fill that, more space

@artisticwolf8746 3 жыл бұрын

What’s the cable called that you use to connect to the ssd

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

USB to SATA adapter (there are two types, 2.5" and 3.5" drives)

@memeortsqc6210 3 жыл бұрын

hi can i know what i will need to do my alienware m17x r4 its too much lag nba2k20 i put low graphics still lagging please help me.

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

Try freeing up some space, maybe there is just too much junk especially if the problem is recent. Then if you can upgrade the RAM unless you are already running 16 or more. If all this is already done, then consider upgrading to ssd drives. Go for nvme drives.

@abcdefuuu 3 жыл бұрын

Say, my laptop has two drive slots, one for the default hdd and another ssd (that I’m planning to put in). In this case, will I be able to transfer the data across the drives in the pc without a cable?

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

yes, in my case I needed the cable because there was no free slot left to insert the new drive directly. Using the cable here I was able to clone my old drive into the new one before swapping them. I could've swapped before cloning. But if you have a free slot for the new drive, you do not need a cable

@abcdefuuu 3 жыл бұрын

@@YvonSmart thanks my man for the prompt reply. I’m planning to have the new ssd drive to be the default boot drive. So after I’ve transferred everything over, I’ll just have to reconfigure it in the bios to work that way? And then I’ll be able to delete everything in the hdd?

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

Correct! I'll recommend keeping the original drive intact for some time just in case there are issues with the cloned disk. Sometimes people run into weird issues like programs acting up or other registry issues. Use a good cloning software

@sgtsalt2124 2 жыл бұрын

If my current HDD is faulty do I still have to clone, or can I just replace it and continue on my way using it.

@YvonSmart 2 жыл бұрын

If you don't clone your old drive, you will have to fresh install windows (which is fine if you need a fresh start). If the drive is faulty it does not affect the integrity of your files, you can still clone the disk

@sgtsalt2124 2 жыл бұрын

@@YvonSmart no worries, thank you for the quick reply :)

@alexandremariano31 4 жыл бұрын

is it possible to upgrade the processor?

@bigfloppalord7497 4 жыл бұрын

Alexandre junior nnnno shit

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

Not on Alienware 17 R4, the processor is built in. But you can on Area 51, even though it's new tech on laptops, it might take a while before other laptops get it

@jorgemorales6134 4 жыл бұрын

Will this fix the 100 percent disk usage?

@alexandremariano31 4 жыл бұрын

Si,eso es un bug del disco duro,se resuelve con la substituicion por un SSD

@choppa5220 3 жыл бұрын

Alexandre junior c.

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

Not if you are cloning your current drive to the new one. Deleting unnecessary files will for sure free up space and eventually fixing 100% disk usage issues

@puertoriqueno24 Жыл бұрын

Can u email me that background ❤😂😊

@YvonSmart Жыл бұрын

drive.google.com/drive/folders/178OFplPU-27frTeF9M81yqSB7Q5TaCBv?usp=sharing

@puertoriqueno24 Жыл бұрын

@@YvonSmart ❤❤❤❤ Thank you!!!!!! 🤗🤗🙏🏼🙏🏼🤗🤗

@Iphonebubba 3 жыл бұрын

What name ram and gig you have in that 17 r4

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

A-TECH DDR4 32GB

@atzilut540 2 жыл бұрын

what cpu and gpu does this laptop have

@YvonSmart 2 жыл бұрын

Intel core i7, Nvidia GTX1080

@nickloss2377 4 жыл бұрын

hate to burst your bubble but, you have no NVME SSD drives in those video. they're both SATA II ...nvme and m.2 are not interchangeable terms. nvme is a considerably faster technology than what you've got here

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

Nick, you are really lost!

@gabrielcollazo6835 3 жыл бұрын

@@YvonSmart he's actually correct both of those are sata ssd "older tech" with 600mb per second while NVME like that 970 u have have write speed of 3200mb per second. Honestly u should have your operating system and games on the 970

@YvonSmart 3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielcollazo6835 Yeah, I have my OS on the 970 seen here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rracmdGKnLC3aac.html

@b.wellman5262 3 жыл бұрын

@@YvonSmart No worries! I just watched that video and I think you're a boss for having your laptop set up how you did it! Those dorks don't know what you did in your other video.... LMAO......GOOD SHIT MAN!!!!

@rockypointapp 2 жыл бұрын

Como se llama el ssd o que ssd le queda?

@YvonSmart 2 жыл бұрын

Mi Alienware vino con un disco duro de 2.5 pulgadas (más barato pero funcionan más lento), así que actualicé a un Samsung 860 Evo (2.5 pulgadas) SSD (Solid State Drive) para velocidades de lectura y escritura más rápidas. También compré la unidad SSD m.2 de 2242 mm para la ranura libre en la computadora portátil