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‎04-02-2019 03:04 AM

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Product: Omen 870-265na Desktop
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Is there a quick way to find out how many hard drives I can have in my desktop, without powering down and unplugging everything?

 

I am looking to add a 1 TB SSD as the current 256 GB SSD is almost full as that is where program files are stored.

 

Thanks in advance.

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‎04-02-2019 05:41 AM - edited ‎04-02-2019 05:42 AM

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Yes, that is the easiest option.  Since the present SSD is probably the place where Windows is installed, it would be fairly easy to clone the existing SSD to the new SSD and then all would be as before but on a larger SSD.

Depending on the brand SSD you buy, the migration software might be easy to do.


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‎04-02-2019 03:08 AM

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As for me, I would just either look up the motherboard on Google or look at how many SATA III slots there are. I don't think you need to power down and unplug anything at all. Just have to peek inside the case.

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‎04-02-2019 05:07 AM - edited ‎04-02-2019 05:09 AM

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Here is the spec page for that model

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/omen-by-hp-870-200/13687063/document/c05366989/

In looking at the motherboard detail, there are only 3 SATA ports on the motherboard.  Also according to the spec page they are all occupied.  SSD, hard drive and DVD/CD drive.  Therefore, adding an additional drive is not going to be an easy task.  It probably could be done by adding an additional SATA controller if nothing is occupying the single PCIex1 slot, but finding a space for the mounting might be a challenge.


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‎04-02-2019 05:29 AM

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Thanks for your reply.

 

I guess the easiest thing would be to swap out the current 256 GB SDD for the new 1TB SSD?

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‎04-02-2019 05:41 AM - edited ‎04-02-2019 05:42 AM

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Yes, that is the easiest option.  Since the present SSD is probably the place where Windows is installed, it would be fairly easy to clone the existing SSD to the new SSD and then all would be as before but on a larger SSD.

Depending on the brand SSD you buy, the migration software might be easy to do.


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‎04-02-2019 06:00 AM

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Remember about the recovery parition - it will not function correctly on a cloned drive anymore (long story) so you must either (or ideally both):

 

* keep the original SSD

* create recovery media

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