I use a Toshiba A200-1BP laptop and I want to replace the DVD-ROM with a SSD using an adapter something like this
But I don't know if it will support placing an SSD or not since I don't know if the connector is SATA, PATA, IATA or whatsoever and I need to buy the adapter according to which type of connector I have.
Another option is to replace the actual HDD of my laptop with a SSD and replace the DVD-ROM with a HDD.
I am coping with this issue since my PC's performance is not very well and I need some additional speed and storage capacity. If I will be able to plug in an SSD I will reinstall the OS into the SSD, hoping that it will speed-up the start-up and some operations.
And I am trying to solve the issue with minimum cost, unfortunately. Any other advice for upgrading the system is also welcomed.
My questions are:
- Am I able to replace the DVD-ROM with an SSD?
- If I am, will it be worth doing so, in terms of write/read performance, system start-up time etc?
- Am I able to replace the actual HDD with an SSD and then place the HDD to the DVD-ROM?
Motherboard
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DVD drive
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HDD
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DVD-ROM plug-in socket
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