HP ENVY All-in-One - 32-a0014 : Add 2nd SSD or HDD?

[SgtBobCAV]

The HP specs for this model are not very clear, but the motherboard diagram shows that it could have a 2nd SSD or HDD in 2.5" form factor. Are there any installation instructions for this?

[banhien]

@SgtBobCAV 

Its specs

   https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06525385

Its motherboard

   https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06509711

Mother board has slot for M.2 NVMe SSD (already occupied by  512 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD) and port/connector for normal HDD.  You should be able to connect a SATA (2.5" size) HDD/SSD to it but you need cable and mounting kit.

Unfortunately I can't find which kit (parts) you can use for your machine

            https://partsurfer.hp.com/partsurfer?searchtext=6YR45AA

My suggestion: you can raplace 512GB to 2TB to get more room. Less headache and the cost would be the same or cheaper.

Regards.

[SgtBobCAV]

Thanks banhien! I do like to separate my OS & Apps from data - that comes from my many years of server building & support. I'll see if HP Support can identify the parts I may need, though I do find that they can have one going in circles looking for answers. Cheers!