Fitting another drive to a Vaio laptop SVE1711X1EB

[635csi]

My laptop has two model numbers on its base. Use the one on the white stuck on label (SVE1711X1EB ) rather than the one printed on the base (SVE171A11M)

My laptop is only let down by the slow speed of the supplied drive, which is a WDC WD7500BPVT-55HXZT3.

Is it possible to add an additional drive inside the machine, or as an alternative, replace the supplied drive with a solid state drive, so that the machine can run at its best capabilities?

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Confusing model numbers with two on the base of the same machine

[vadik123]

Yes, it is very easy to replace the supplied HDD with an SSD. Buy an SSD (e.g. Samsung 830 series), attach it via a usb cable to the PC, clone the HDD to the SSD, then remove the internal HDD and replace it with the SSD. That's it.

It is also possible to add a second hdd to the laptop, but at the cost of replacing the blueray drive with a optical drive hdd caddy, and requires fully opening up the laptop.