addition of an SSD as the boot medium. Is this possible?

[phdr]

Is it possible to add an SSD as the primary, system disk to a pavillion 500-417nz (running Windows 10 (64-bit))

(ps it would be nice if extension possibilities were indicated in the product specs.)

[old_geekster · Accepted solution]

@phdr, welcome to the forum.

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@phdr wrote:

Is it possible to add an SSD as the primary, system disk to a pavillion 500-417nz (running Windows 10 (64-bit))  Yes, you should buy a SSD that is at least 250 GB.  This will help to assure that it will work if you decide to use the Recovery media.  The best way to upgrade is to clone the HDD to the SSD.  If you decide to do this, I will be glad to give you my method to do it.  I like Samsung EVO's.  They seem to work best with HP motherboards and BIOS's.

(ps it would be nice if extension possibilities were indicated in the product specs.)  HP does give Upgrade information for the Processor and Memory of their computers.  There simply isn't any guaranty that any of the other third party components will work without problems.  HP tests all the recommended components thoroughly.

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[phdr]

Thanks a lot, working fine!

(ps: there is a spare power connector, but I have had to borrow the SATA data cable from DVD reader & will have to improvise a lodgement)

Thanks again

PHDR