Is the HDD caddy hot-swappable with the original DVD caddy, or must you power down the laptop before changing media?
1775922
Yes you can swap with out turn off the Laptop, I do it this way whitout a problem for now.
1632094
No but you can add a second drive in the DVD bay using a DVD caddy. I replaced the hard drive with a 128 gig Samsung 840 Pro SSD ($114.99) for use as the boot/system/program drive, and then mounted the 500 gig drive I removed in a Universal SATA Hard Drive Caddy ($13.65) and put this in the empty DVD bay for the data drive.
733451
No sir. Next screen size up has the disc drive. I haven't found a problem without it though. Good luck
1456557
It's not a problem to power an external HD on this USB port. DVD? Sorry, not sure about that. Never tried.
2055666
Any internal hard drive is swappable, why couldn't it be changed via an upgrade. Firmware problems? The ram and the hard drives are completely accessible to a qualified technician.
394879
the only way you could do that is to hook up an external power source, and then run an e-sata cable from the drive into an e-sata/usb input on the laptop, if it has one. not a viable solution. you need and external dvd model.
223090
You can update to SSD. Very easy, however you will loose some storage space. SSDs are faster. You can't replace the DVD with a caddy. External caddy or sled with a usb 3.0 is great.
416421
'hot-swapping' can mean something to one person and another thing to someone else! If you meant 'hot-swapping' is whether you can just pull a defective hard drive and inserting a new one without opening the case then the answer is No! You will have to open the case and replace the defective drive but don't worry, it is extremely easy to do! I have been using this item for months and it has been working very well and I can't even hear the fan running! Very good product from a well respected company. I hope this helps!
606461
I'm not sure what model number but I put my old drive into my new laptop. So it can be done
248472
No, but since you have to shift the laptop to the left about an inch to have full use of the cd/dvd opening, no problem with laptop overheating.
726697
Hi, are you using the same insert/caddy that was originally in your laptop? The hard drive won't work unless you are using the correct/original caddy.Hope this helps!
641985
No this is a formatted pic hdd. You may be able to attempt an external hook up with it but not an internal swap. I'd do some Google searching though I'm not sure if this one will work externally due to its size.
385410
There is no power switch on the 3 TB drive. The disk will, however, spin down when the host machine is off.
2108198
Yes. It is an easy process and you can swap and copy files at any point. Keep in mind that the external hard drive is powered by the Verbatim MediaShare so you will definitely not want to be in battery mode, or it will eat the battery up.
389321
I don't have the same dvd drive that you have, but I do have two different drives removed from broken laptops ( 1 - HP, the other not sure who was the manufacturer. By plugging into USB port on my Acer laptop, I can boot to a bootable CD/DVD.
2261165
I replaced the DVD drive in my Inspiron 1545 - ordered the replacement part on Amazon. The bezel was NOT the same, but we were able to switch them...can't remember if I had to remove a screw, or just pop it off. Most DVD drives are made the same and can be replaced easily. Look on YouTube for actual videos of how to do it.
1678220
As long as you have a DVD room space you should have no problem using the Caddy. The interface is standard. You may need to adjust the sides of the Caddy a bit to fit but that is not an issue.