Does my laptop allow for either a second M.2 SSD or internal 2.5 SSD

[JupiterStar]

I want to add a second hard drive to my laptop.  I need to know what I can add to this laptop please.  The manual was not clear.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Your notebook has support for one M.2 NVMe and one 2.5" mechanical hard drive/2.5" SSD.

Since your notebook is a CTO (Configured to Order) model I don't know what drive(s) it came with.

If it came with a 2.5" mechanical hard drive, you can install a M.2 NVMe SSD.

If it came with a M.2 NVMe SSD and no hard drive, in order to add a 2.5" drive, you may need to add the parts to install one, so open up the notebook and check to see that the parts are there already.

Chapter 3, page 24 indicates that there may be a 'dummy' 2.5" drive installed so that would probably mean you just need to remove that and install an actual hard drive.

Some notebooks have no parts to add a 2.5" drive and you have to order them.