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Hp pavilion BC 515tx gaming laptop

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Chapter 1 page 8 of the service manual indicates that NVMe SSD's are supported.

 

c06325755.pdf (hp.com)

 

Some notebooks do not show the NVMe SSD in the BIOS but you can still install WIndows on the drive and boot from it.

 

You will have to temporarily disconnect the 2.5" drive so the Windows boot manager automatically switches to the NVMe SSD.

 

Run the notebook of the NVMe SSD for a bit.  Shut down, restart...put the drive through its paces.

 

Then you should be able to reconnect the 2.5" drive.

 

If the Windows boot manager switches back to the 2.5" drive, you will have to use the Windows Diskpart utility to clean the 2.5" drive, format it and use it for storage only.

 

Notebooks that come with dual drive configurations have no operating system on the 2.5" drive.

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