Replacing SSD

[Marcopolovitch]

I have a Pavilion Desktop PC 570-p076na and would like to replace the 256GB SSD with one twice the size. Could anyone please let me know what interface I should be looking for? And is it easy to do? Thanks for your help.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

The product specs for your PC indicate that it comes with a 256 GB NVMe SSD.

HP Pavilion 570-p076na Desktop PC Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support

I recommend a Samsung 980 500 GB model for your PC:

Samsung 980 500 GB PCIe 3.0 (up to 3500mbs) NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (MZ-V8V500BW) ...

[Marcopolovitch]

Thank you very much for your help, Paul. Will I need to get an upgrade kit as well, in order to clone the original SSD?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

With that particular drive, you can download and install the free Data Migration Software and user guide.

Samsung Magician & SSD Tools & Software Update | Samsung Semiconductor Global

Since there aren't two NVMe slots in your PC, in order to clone the OS from the 256 GB drive to the 500 GB drive, you will need a USB3/USB-C to NVMe enclosure to install the new drive in so you can perform the clone.

Something like this...

SSK Aluminum M.2 NVME SATA SSD Enclosure Adapter, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) to NVME PCI-E SATA M-Key/(...