Can I use an wd black sn770 nvme ssd with my 1terbtte HD hp desktop M01-F0033w Product 6YR55AA eric

[USER20240315190]

I just bought a wd black sn770 and will my hp work together cause it says can't install cause gpt then mbr says some other **bleep** hel p me out

[NonSequitur777]

@USER20240315190,

Welcome to our HP community forum!

Assuming you have installed your new M.2 NVMe SSD in your PC (the M.2 NVMe SSD socket) where it will stay and you are trying to clone your current primary (boot) drive to this new drive (if this is not what your scenario is, let me know), follow the following steps:

Type in: cmd in your Windows search bar, right-click on the Command Prompt App, and choose: Run as administrator, then click on: Yes.

Next, type diskpart in the CMD windows and [enter]

It should display: "DISKPART>"

Then type in: list disk and [enter]

Your CMD window will list all your disks ("Disk ###"), including your new M.2 NVMe SSD. I would guess it would show up as the last disk in the table, say "Disk 3".  Please make sure your new drive shows up in this table!

WARNING & Disclaimer: Make absolutely sure that you use the correct disk number, or else you'll lose whatever data is saved on that particular disk when you continue with these steps! If you are not comfortable following these steps, ask someone with PC Windows installation/Cloning drives skills to do it for you!

Assuming your new M.2 NVMe SSD is "Disk 3", type in: select disk 3 and [enter]

The CMD window will say: "Disk 3 is now the selected disk."

Then type in: clean and [enter]

The CMD window will say: "Diskpart succeeded in cleaning the disk."

Then type in: convert gpt and [enter]

The CMD window should say: "Diskpart successfully converted the selected disk to GPT format."

[If it doesn't say this, stop, exit, and let me know.]

Then type in: create partition primary and [enter]

The CMD window will say: "Diskpart succeeded in creating the specified partition."

Then type in: select partition 1 and [enter]

The CMD window will say: "Partition 1 is now the selected partition."

Then type in: active and [enter]

The CMD window will now say: "Diskpart marked the current partition as active."

Then type in: format fs=ntfs quick and [enter]

This may take a while, but the CMD window will say: "Diskpart successfully formatted the volume."

Then type in: assign letter=g and [enter]

The CMD window will say: "Dispart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point."

Then type in: exit and [enter] and repeat: exit and [enter]

Try again to clone/install Windows to this drive.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[USER20240315190]

Ok I get to were you tell me to type active after converting and making primary partition I type active amd it says quote "The ACTIVE command can only be used on fixed mbr disks"  try it a second time after assigned the g letter to it and it says same thing but the selected disk is not an mbr

[NonSequitur777]

@USER20240315190,

All right, then, try the same steps but instead of using: convert gpt

use: convert mbr

The CMD window then should say: "Diskpart successfully converted the selected disk to MBR format."

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777