Can I upgrade my HP Pavilion g6-2324tx Notebook PC to use a SSD?

[BlueMoon2017]

I Have a HP Pavilion g6-2324tx Notebook PC with a 500GB SATA HDD.

HP Support (through chat) have said that this machine cannot be upgraded with a SSD.

       - I thought that as it has a SATA interface that I'd be OK.

HP Support also said that this machine will only handle HDDs upto 500GB and I can't even upgrade to a 1TB HDD.

Are both these statements true?

[GPU-2]

HI.

This equipment if it supports SSD disks, in the manual it reflects that it has a SATA port.

Supports the following single hard drive configurations: 

1 TB, 5400 rpm, 9.5 mm 

750 GB, 7200 rpm, 9.5 mm 

750 GB, 5400 rpm, 9.5 mm 

640 GB, 5400 rpm, 9.5 mm 

500 GB, 7200 rpm, 9.5 mm 

500 GB, 5400 rpm, 9.5 mm 

320 GB, 5400 rpm, 9.5 mm and 7.0 mm

Kingston SSDNow UV400 SSD
Samsung 850 EVO SSD

Manual service

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03593041

Regards.

[iomare · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Both statements are false. You can install an SSD (2.5" SATAIII) and it will improve everyday performance of your system a lot. You can also insert a 1TB hard drive or SSD. You can choose the brand you prefer. The Samsung 850evo is considered one of the best prize/performance.

On page 45 of service manual you can see the steps to replace the drive

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03593041

You can also look at these HP videos (click on hard drive in list on left)

https://h20574.www2.hp.com/results.htm?SID=5226244&MEID=18584FD0-6BF2-405E-82CA-822C865B288D

You will need to reinstall the OS either by using HP recovery disks, migrating an image or downloading the media creation tool from Microsoft (before replacing drive), running and creating a bootable pendrive with the OS on it. You can then use the pendrive to perform a clean install on PC.

Let me know if you need further help,

David

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