Solid State Drive in Place of a Hard Drive
Can I replace my hard drive with a Solid State drive in the hard drive space? I want to keep the functionality my optical drive.
Machine Specs:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac8,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 5 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: IM81.00C1.B00
SMC Version (system): 1.29f1
Hardware UUID: 83A932B7-998A-5FE5-B2E9-929793EB747F
Hard Drive Specs
Hitachi HDP725025GLA380:
Capacity: 250.06 GB (250,059,350,016 bytes)
Model: Hitachi HDP725025GLA380
Revision: GM0KA59A
Serial Number: GEK260RB1V068A
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Rotational Rate: 7200
Medium Type: Rotational
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
EFI:
Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
BSD Name: disk0s1
Content: EFI
Hard Drive:
Capacity: 249.2 GB (249,199,591,424 bytes)
Available: 145.07 GB (145,069,572,096 bytes)
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /
Content: Apple_HFS
Volume UUID: E3596485-D4CB-3DAA-967A-2D70160E803D