Compatible Hard Drive Replacement

[smriggs304]

I'm trying to figure out what hard drives are compatible with the HP Spectre. My hard drive is broken and I guess it costs $400 just to mail my computer to HP for repairs, so I wanted to try replacing the hard drive myself. I've done it on my old laptop but I'm struggling to figure out the best compatible hard drive.

Here's the info on the laptop:

HP Spectre 15-eb0000 x360 Convertible Laptop PC RCTO Base Model

Product7PU81AV

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

According to the specs for the product number you posted, the notebook came with a 1 TB NVMe M.2 SSD.

7PU81AV HP Spectre x360 - 15t-eb000 Laptop-2-in-1 (Intel i7-10510U, 16GB RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD, NVIDIA M...

Below is the link to the service manual, where you can find the M,2 SSD removal and replacement procedure.

Maintenance and Service Guide HP Spectre x360 15 Convertible PCIMPORTANT! This document is intended ...

This would be a suggested replacement.

1 TB:

Amazon.com: SAMSUNG 980 SSD 1TB M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology...

If you weren't using much of that storage space, you could get the 500 GB model as well.

Amazon.com: Samsung Electronics (MZ-V8V500B/AM) 980 SSD 500GB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid St...

Your notebook is supported by the HP cloud recovery tool which you can use to create a bootable USB recovery drive that will reinstall W10, the drivers and the software that originally came with your notebook.

Here is a link for how to use that utility... You will also need a 32 GB USB flash drive to create the recovery media.

HP Consumer PCs - Using the HP Cloud Recovery Tool in Windows 11 and 10 | HP® Customer Support

[smriggs304]

Thank you so much for your reply! I'll probably end up buying that today.

Unfortunately, I can't use the cloud recovery tool because my hard drive thinks it only has 2GB of space, and before I can even create the recovery drive, I have to download it to the computer. I feel pretty backed into a corner, and it seems like replacing the hard drive entirely might be my only option. 

I can't thank you enough for help with the correct drive, though! Much appreciated!!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

You can use the cloud recovery tool on any Windows PC running W7 64 bit or newer.

I've used it many times on my Dell PC's to create recovery media for my supported HP PC's.