Adding a second SSD to my HP 17-by4059cl

[MacLager]

I wish to add an ADDITIONAL SSD to my HP 17-by4059cl

laptop. Is this possible? Thanks for any suggestions or help! 

[NonSequitur777]

@MacLager,

Welcome to our HP User Forum!

Yes, it is certainly possible to add an additional SATA SSD to your HP Laptop PC 17-By4000 (18B36AV).

My recommendation is to swap out your DVD+/-RW drive with a 9.5mm SATA to SATA 2nd SSD caddy adapter such as this one: https://www.amazon.com/Highfine-Universal-SSD-HDD-Enclosures/dp/B01MRI8YFN/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=IP84..., and fit it with (at least) a 1TB SATA SSD.

I could be mistaken, but I imagine that you're looking for a secondary storage drive because your primary (boot) M.2 NVMe SSD is (getting) too small.

The guy in this instructional video explains and refers to how to clone & swap your existing M.2 NVMe SSD to a larger M.2 NVMe SSD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc6rQE_qLmk&ab_channel=UberGeeks.

Hope this was helpful.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[MacLager]

Thank you for the helpful and timely reply. However, my laptop does not have an optical drive. I do know how to "open " the case up as I've just upgraded the ram. Any further suggestions will be welcome. Thanks

[NonSequitur777]

@MacLager,

You're welcome.

Part of my challenge is that specific product information is difficult to find online. The official "HP laptop PC 17-by4000" manual found here: HP Laptop PC 17-by4000 Manuals | HP® Customer Support, does not cover your model ("17-by1000~17-by1999")...

For example, you said your laptop does not have an optical drive. Do you mean your laptop looks like this -void of an ODD slot:

Or is your laptop fitted with a silver-colored ODD (Optical Disk Drive) bezel?

And what about the space allotted by earlier PC 17-Byxxxx laptops for an HDD or SSD:

This is one of those cases where it would be exceedingly helpful to actually see/handle the laptop and see what the options are, and what we can work with.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777