SSD replacement

[mickh1]

I have an ENVY 15  ae109na laptop fitted with the Samsung 128 GB MZNLF HCHP  SSD drive

What I would like to know would the Samsung 500 GB  850 EVO M.2 Sata 111 ssd drive be compatible? as the installed 128 gb is rapidly filling up.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mick

[Huffer]

Here is the Service Manual:

Manual

See p. 42-45 to get an idea how to do the replacement. 

You do have a 1 TB regular hard drive and with a bit of file management you could move some stuff to the 1 TB drive and keep working off the 128 gig M.2. 

You can do a backup to the 1 TB drive and use that to essentially clone your installation from the 128 gig to the larger M.2 if that is what you decide to do. 

Yes the Evo 850 M.2 SATA-III mSSD will be compatible or any other SATA-III M.2 that has the B + M  pins (pitchfork I call it).

 

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[ailsa99]

Yes, it is. You can clone 128GB SSD to the 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD with a disk cloning software. You can do this cloning with this tutorial to clone to Samsung 850 EVO if you don't know how.

[mickh1]

Very many thanks for your very quick reply.

What I had hoped to do is to get a USB 3  enclosure for the new SSD and copy to that from the installed 128GB SSD and then put the 500GB SSD  in my laptop is this feasible ?

I know you can get free software from Samsung to do this but I am unsure how to do it.

Again thanks for your help.

Mick

[mickh1]

 Thanks for you very quick reply.

What I had hoped to do was perhaps get a USB3  enclosure for the proposed new 500GB  SSD and clone the 128GB SSD to that  and then put the 500GB  SSD in the laptop,

Is this possible perhaps using the free software that Samsung provide?

Thank you for your help.

Mick

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The Free Samsung software is essentially a version of Acronis True Image, which I have and use (paid for version). The free Samsung version has been known to have some bugs but primarily when going from larger drive to smaller. Small to larger is much easier. 

Several experts here swear by Macrium Reflect. I have not tried it but it is free and I have seen some screen shots that make it seem like it is easy to use. 

You need this kind of adapter:

https://www.amazon.com/Cablecc-22pin-Combo-Adapter-Converter/dp/B00S6AHQBM/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=14...

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[mickh1]

I am amazed  your kindness and help and for the link to the adapter on Amazon just what I wanted.

I too have Acronis 2016 (paid for version) so I will have a look at that option,

Thanks for your help again

All best wishes

Mick