QUOTE(bylkw2 @ Mar 29 2015, 01:54 PM)
Hi everyone here, i need some suggestions, noobie here...
Im using lenovo y510p, im looking forward to add 1 ssd into my laptop.
It now has 1tb hdd on the board and a m.2(ngff) slot,
1) If i buy a normal 2.5" ssd to replace the hdd inside, n shift the hdd to my ultrabay (with the purchase of hdd caddy), will the warranty get voided? do i have to reformat my windows if i were to use the ssd as my windows boot up drive?
2) if i buy a m.2(ngff) ssd n slot it in, could it be the windows boot up drive or only act as a storage drive?
Budget is kinda limited, i saw m.2(ngff) ssd is so expensive, it is like 3x the price of normal 2.5' ssd

*extra question, when i just starting up my windows 8.1 laptop (or sometimes randomly), the disk usage get 100% for like 5-10minutes, why is it like this? is it that i torrent too much n hurt the hdd?

1) for warranty claims, just put stock parts back in their original places. honestly when i modify my laptops, i keep stock parts untouched. i then buy new parts (ssd, hdd, ram, wifi card, etc.) and replace them.
2) usually it can be a boot drive, but you should wait for a more definitive answer from other y510p owners.
if you still used the stock os with stock bloatwares, that might be the case. normally bloatwares will add services in the background and they might add more reads/writes to hdd. also know that even a plain, non-optimized os can cause 100% usage of hdd. you should do some system optimizations, and throw away bloatwares that you don't use. the better way is to do a fresh os install and build your system up from scratch.
QUOTE(christina1 @ Mar 29 2015, 02:16 PM)
Are you using Plextor SSD as well?
m5pro, m5m.
QUOTE(wahdiao @ Mar 30 2015, 08:03 AM)
Hi I just bought an ssd and clone with my hdd, now I want to use the hdd as second drive in optical drive bay do I need to format the hdd that with windows inside?
yes, it's better to avoid potential issues like mixing up boot orders of your computer.