Windows 10: 500GB SSD Drive Cheap From Newegg

This one's just too good not to tell y'all about!

Wheeeeeeeeeeee, this is great! 500 GB SSD for $134.99!

Newegg.com - This Weekend Only: $134.99 Crucial 500GB SSD ? $110 OFF Lenovo Core i7 15.6 Laptop

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Is it possible to rename SSD C: drive to something else

I installed windows 10 pro on the SSD m.2 drive. Then I added a 2nd SSD drive via the sata port.

C: 256GB SSD m.2 (2 partitions, including BOOT and RECOVERY)

C: 500GB SSD sata (not formatted)

Because they are both showing as drive C, I can't access the 500GB drive to format it.

I have disconnected the 500GB drive and re-booted the system. only the 256GB drive shows in C, but when I reconnect the other drive, it is assigned the letter C for a dive letter.

Other info: I'm using an Asrock X370 Taichi motherboard with the lasted bios (3.20).

Windows also sees the drive as a device under drives, but disc management only sees it as part of drive C (location: hardware properties )

 

Migrating W10 from a defective HDD to a "new" HDD

When you open it in the top right is Clone. This will clone from an internal disk to an external disk.

When I changed from a 500GB HHD to a 500GB SSD I used the clone. I happen to have a number of devices to attach an external drive.

 

Nice price! I just recently purchased a Samsung SSD so to keep out of the dog house I'll have to pass. *Smile

 

Hi,

SSD prices are really plummeting lately.
I see very cheap offerings from Mushkin as well, very good specs too.

Things are really moving fast lately.

Cheers, *Wink

 

The Lenovo Laptop on the same page is a good deal too.

 

Hi there.

I'm really looking forward to 3 and 4 TB affordable (and reliable) SSD's within the next year or so -- then I'm going to re-build my two NAS boxes so they will be about the size of the Cable box / router with no fans and almost ZERO power consumption.

I'm using the HP GEN 8 ProLiant microservers currently (X 2) -- cheaper and more convenient than Desktop PC for this purpose - - the vertical height of these "Cubes" is determined by the 4 HDD bays and caddy's that take standard HDD's. If SSD's were used these could be laid horizontally just above the Mobo - allowing for a much smaller case. !!!!!

I think the days of the spinner are numbered now. In the foreseeable future if we could get say 8 TB on the size of a micro SD card there's no reason why your smart phone shouldn't also act as a "NAS" box !!!! - it's got a decent OS, networking capability, and a powerful enough processor -- what stops this becoming reality though for the moment is Battery technology but I'm sure that's solvable in the long run.!!

Portable pocket size NAS box -- now that's an idea !!!!

(Note - these PROLIANT microservers can take SSD's - you need the adapter caddy 3.5-->2.5 inch - works fine.).

Cheers
jimbo