HP 705 G4 Mini SSD to nvme

[UncleDoug]

Hello,

I have an HP 705 G4 Mini with AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 2400G. I've added as much RAM as I can (32GB), but wanted to also add more storage. I was looking at the Crucial P3 1 TB PCIe NVMe drive Amazon.com: Crucial P3 1TB PCIe 3.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD, up to 3500MB/s - CT1000P3SSD8 : Electronic... to use in one of the PCIe slots on the motherboard I have. I believe 1TB is more than I will ever need for this computer, but do I have to change anything in the BIOS to use it as the primary drive? 

thanks!

[banhien · Accepted solution]

@UncleDoug 

Its specs

           https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06101574#AbT5

Because old HDD still keeps a signature, you can do a simplest way:

(a) Clone existing HDD to M.2 SSD,

(b) Remove old HDD and run on M.2 SSD for a week or two (keep HDD as backup),

(c) After that, clear old HDD and put it back.

Regards.