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‎07-11-2018 10:52 AM - edited ‎07-11-2018 10:55 AM

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Product: HP Envy 17t
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Looking for some guidance in procedure to upgrade the SSD in my Envy 17t.

 

System would only come with a 500 GB SSD, and I need more room. I have my HP Restore USB thumb drive done from when I got the system and I've got a Norton full backup and am in the process of doing a Windows backup of the C:\ drive to an external USB drive.

 

Since there isn't anything in the manual to cover this...I'm assuming once I replace the SSD then I boot to the thumb drive and restore back to factory, then restore system from the backup?

 

It's a little more complicated with SSD's...with SATA drives I used to just get an external USB for it, upgrade the drive and I had all my data still available to copy across. This time it isn't that way...

 

Just a little nervous with a new process...some guidance would help ease the worry...

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‎07-11-2018 01:00 PM

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I am not familiar with Norton but if it can do cloning along with the full backup - that would be ideal.  however the method you described should work, just more steps.

 

Depending on the SSD manufacturer, they might even offer cloning software from their support site.


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‎07-11-2018 01:00 PM

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I am not familiar with Norton but if it can do cloning along with the full backup - that would be ideal.  however the method you described should work, just more steps.

 

Depending on the SSD manufacturer, they might even offer cloning software from their support site.


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‎07-11-2018 01:59 PM

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The cloning software needs both drive online to work. Since this is an M.2 drive...that's difficult to do with only a single slot.

 

On the flip side I've found an M.2 > USB 3.0 enclosure, so I can then use my old 500 GB drive as a USB external drive to expand storage if needed and it's a heck of a lot smaller than most external drives.

 

Thanks for the direction...I'm going to pick up the enclosure now.

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‎07-11-2018 02:44 PM

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Thanks.  I had not considered it might be a M.2 drive but the enclosure is good to know about.  Thanks for sharing.

 

Let us know if the M.2 enclosure works as intended.


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‎11-29-2018 09:11 AM

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It works like a champ! Now I have a VERY small external drive to carry around!

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