Q: Bought a SSD today for my MacPro 5,1, need a little .help
Hi,
Today I bought a 512GB Samsung SSD 850 PRO for my MacPro late 2012 (5,1).
However it does not fit in the drive holder tray thing(s) for the 3.5 HDDs, so I put it where a second Optical Drive would go for the moment until I get my self one of those 2.5-3.5 things. (http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other+World+Computing/MMP35T25/)
It does work to have it in the optical drive bay, however I would assume that the 550MB/s on the spec sheet of the SSD wouldn't be as effective so to speak, which is the reason I will move it to where it is supposed to be. I have moved my windows installation using the software that came with the drive so that windows is now running of the drive itself. But when my 2.5 drive holder arrives, and I disconnect the SSD from the optical drive area, will my computer recognise that I moved it? I would assume yes, since you could hold the option key booting it and it would find all the OS volumes and you could just hit the one you want and boot the computer. Am I right? If I am not, should I move my windows back to the HDD before moving my SSD?
Also, I have not yet ordered a 3.5 to 2.5 adapter, does anyone have any suggestions for which one to get or where to start looking for them?
Thanks in advance!
Mac Pro
Posted on Oct 12, 2014 3:35 AM