Adding a 2nd HD - Dell XPS 15

[dmx07]

I've seen on other forums that it is possible to add a second hard drive by replacing the optical drive with a caddy that houses the 2nd drive.

I'm wondering if anyone here has managed to do this and if so was it successful.

Thanks!

 

[dmx07]

Just wondering if anyone can shed any light on this? I've seen it done elsewhere but would be interested to see if any users on here have had any experience.

 

[PistolPete]

Not in an Dell XPS, but I have done it in a couple of HP laptops.

You simply swap the optical drive with the new HDD bay, pop it in, power up, initialise and format the disk.

 

[wazza300]

im guessing if all optical drives and ssd's are the same size regarding laptops then i cant see it not working?

 

[dmx07]

It does seem straight forward enough, there are a few videos around showing users doing it. Seems like a good way to increase capacity and I doubt I would use the Blu-ray drive much anyway. (& external optical drives are not expensive)