{"id":2879,"date":"2012-12-21T05:35:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T05:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T00:02:16","slug":"install-ssd-on-lenovo-g770-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/install-ssd-on-lenovo-g770-laptop.html","title":{"rendered":"Install SSD On Lenovo G770 Laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>2012-12-21<\/em> <em>I got the hdd caddy to replace the DVD with the SSD, I took a chance and bought the one below. It works beautifully for less than $10.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"SSD in\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy15.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SSD in\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy15.JPG\" alt=\"SSD in\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r_gMoIp9cyc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The caddy doesn&#8217;t come with any instructions, but the pictures were printed on the caddy itself. <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"caddy and ssd\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy9.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"caddy and ssd\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy9.JPG\" alt=\"caddy\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"remove hd drive spacer\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy12.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"remove hd drive spacer\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy12.JPG\" alt=\"hdd spacer\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I have to remove the hdd plastic spacer to have room to install the SSD, push the 2 tabs in to unlock and remove.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"remove spacer\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy13.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"remove spacer\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy13.JPG\" alt=\"hdd spacer\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"SSD in\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy15.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"SSD in\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy15.JPG\" alt=\"SSD in\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Place the plastic spacer back and lock it in place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"spacer back\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy17.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"spacer back\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy17.JPG\" alt=\"caddy spacer\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"spacer in place\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy18.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"spacer in place\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy18.JPG\" alt=\"ssd spacer\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Now we can remove the DVD bay by removing the bottom screw.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"remove the dvd bay\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy20.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"remove the dvd bay\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy20.JPG\" alt=\"dvd bay\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"remove the dvd bay\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy21.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"remove the dvd bay\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy21.JPG\" alt=\"dvd bay\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Remove the screw bracket from the dvd bay and put it on the ssd caddy using screws that came with the caddy, make sure the orientation is correct.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"caddy and dvd bay\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy22.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"caddy and dvd bay\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy22.JPG\" alt=\"caddy and dvd bay\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"screw bracket on caddy\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy28.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"screw bracket on caddy\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy28.JPG\" alt=\"screw bracket\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Put the plastic dvd plate cover on the caddy and slide it to the DVD bay, put the screw back on and turn on the laptop, click F2 to select the boot drive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"plastic dvd plate cover\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy27.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"plastic dvd plate cover\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy27.JPG\" alt=\"plastic dvd plate cover\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a class=\"preview\" title=\"bios boot screen\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy34.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"bios boot screen\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy34.JPG\" alt=\"bios boot screen\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Use F5\/F6 to move the SSD up or down to select, hit F10 to save and exit.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"SSD boot first\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_caddy38.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"SSD boot first\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_sm_caddy38.JPG\" alt=\"SSD boot first\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>By using chameleon boot loader, I can boot windows 7 from the WDC750GB, windows 7 from SSD, Mountain Lion from WDC750GB, Lion 10.7.4 from SSD.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>To activate the windows 7 from SSD, enter product key from the tag in the back of the Laptop.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>2012-12-10 For encoding videos, all my program renders <del>much<\/del> slower than the normal hard drive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"Tripleboot chameleon boot menu\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_tripleboot.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Tripleboot chameleon boot menu\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_tripleboot.JPG\" alt=\"tripleboot\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"preview\" title=\"Sometimes SSD is not recognized by the bios\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_bootnossd.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Sometimes SSD is not recognized by the bios\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_bootnossd.JPG\" alt=\"no SSD \" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Sometimes bios can&#8217;t see the SSD (we&#8217;re stuck) then sometimes it does (we&#8217;re in business)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"preview\" title=\"SSD does show up sometimes\" href=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/sm_bootmenuall.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[ssd]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"SSD does show up sometimes\" src=\"\/media\/lenovog770\/ssd\/tn_bootmenuall.JPG\" alt=\"SSD in bios\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CSUTbG0fQcY?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>2012-12-07 The Lenovo Laptop got stuck at the boot &#8211; click F12 and the SSD doesn&#8217;t show up in the boot menu &#8211; just DVD and usb drive &#8211; The Crucial M4 SSD2 has the greatest and latest firmware G &#8211; Can&#8217;t return to NE for full refund, only for replacement &#8211; Read all the problems with SSD, this is normal &#8211; Turn off the power &#8211; restart a few times &#8211; It&#8217;s back &#8211; Windows 8 stuck in login mode &#8211; can&#8217;t get in at all &#8211; Bottom line &#8211; STAY AWAY from <strong>SSD<\/strong> and <strong>Windows 8<\/strong> for now unless you have time to play with them- If anyone really wants to try Windows 8, partition 1- 40GB from windows 7 (because the windows 8 uses 12GB to load &#8211; I don&#8217;t know how from a 3GB DVD), install it and delete it later if you don&#8217;t want it any more. If you&#8217;re planning to delete &#8211; install &#8211; files and programs often &#8211; stay away from SSD &#8211; read it up from the internet &#8211; Yes, with SSD, wake up from sleep is instantaneous, loading programs is faster, but it doesn&#8217;t worth the trouble of reliability and stability.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>All these Hybrid and Ultrabooks have these called SSD hard drive which are supposed to be ultra fast, lightning quick, whatever the case may be, I had to get one when it&#8217;s on sale to try out. Here is how I replaced my WDC 750 GB hard drive with a 128GB SSD. My first impressions, it doesn&#8217;t impress me at all in speed. I&#8217;ll leave it for a while, load Mountain Lion to see if it works well with both OS&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v1JKwXNXzUw?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8UBoMFYkOd4?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><\/ul><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2012-12-21 I got the hdd caddy to replace the DVD with the SSD, I took a chance and bought the one below. It works beautifully for less than $10. The caddy doesn&#8217;t come with any instructions, but the pictures were printed on the caddy itself. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I have to remove the hdd plastic spacer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/install-ssd-on-lenovo-g770-laptop.html\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,7],"tags":[294,293,295],"class_list":["post-2879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gadgets","category-hardware","tag-lenovo","tag-ssd-drive","tag-ssd-m4"],"views":4726,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2879"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8989,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions\/8989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/techs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}