After installing Windows on the SSD, the notebook is almost ready to use again. But we still have to put the hard drive-equipped caddy into the optical drive bay, where it will serve as a storage device for bulk data.
7. After removing a single screw, the optical drive of the Dell Latitude D630 can be pulled out easily:
Matching size: The OptiBayHD caddy (top) and the optical drive of the Dell notebook (bottom).
8. After inserting and securing the OptiBayHD caddy, your notebook is good to go. Who would guess that there is now a hard disk behind the side panel?
Conclusion
The OptiBayHD caddy represents an easy to way to upgrade a notebook with an SSD without having to pick solid-state or mechanical storage. By using the two technologies in parallel, you're able to enjoy the best of both worlds.
But what about the optical drive? Increasingly, they're only used to install software or, occasionally, play a game from. You're pretty safe getting everything loaded and then swapping it out. And because the caddy simply slides in in place of the optical drive, it's easy enough to swap back in case you need to load an app or want to watch a Blu-ray movie. That's one good reason to install the SSD internally and leave your user data on a hard drive in the caddy; even if you pull it out, you're still able to boot and run your most important applications.
At about $68 (plus international shipping) the caddy isn't exactly cheap. However, you might find it worthwhile, especially as SSDs come down in price. Cheaper 64 GB drives start in the $100 range, and those numbers are sure to drop as lithography advances and density increases. We used Samsung's 830, but any 2.5" drive will work for this project.



+ it will give you the ability to have another HDD for large storage if you can't life with just 128 or 256GB
Can you run some tests on the drive please?
Compare it to the main drive for speed?
Cheers
Have that set up on my laptop. SDD in the normal HDD bay, HDD in OD bay. No issue on heat for HDD. HDD about 38-40c on load.
Hears another newsflash, you can also replace the optical drive with hot swappable extra battery's for extra power time!
resuming:
ICH2-8M chipsets: uses sata or pata
ICH9M or newer: uses sata
ODD sizes: 9.5mm or 12.7mm
you can also put 1.8" drives if you get a 1.8" to 2.5" adapter.
There's 2 types of ODD to HDD adapters:
-Adapter only
-hotswap capable ones that allow the odd caddy to slide
"At about $68 (plus international shipping) the caddy isn't exactly cheap" o'really? toms is trying to rips us off.
here way more cheaper and dozens of models:
http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2&zenid=0dacdbda0327cab9d5e7253d90061d0e
and even cheaper:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-5-Laptop-SATA-HDD-ODD-CD-DVD-RW-BOX-Caddy-12-7mm-/260780207912?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item3cb7b62f28
$12.99!!!
I really think that using that space you could fit even more with custom "bays replacements". We still waste space. Also, making it into a real hdd bay could be great as well.
Cheers!
2. Put your junk in the box
3. Make her open the box.
And THAT'S the way you do itttt~ It's my SSD in a box!
Just check the reviews at Lenovo: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-73170
it fit's. there's specially design odd converters for lenovo.it's a special 7-8mm thing. it's very rare but it does exist. probably cheap on ebay.
Also what effect does this have on the battery?
FML