HDD replacement and adding extra SSD as upgrade for HP Elitebook 8440p

[Ahmed_Menshawy]

Hello,

I have inquiry about would it work if i replaced my HDD ( MARSHAL MAL2500SA-T54 )500gb that is smart Sata II, because it's failing, and replace with it with another HDD ( Western Digital Blue ) 500 gb Sata III, or it wouldn't work out, and if I can increase the capacity of HDD or it's limited to the 500gb as the specs have set, and if I want to add an extra internal SSD ( Crucial MX500 ) 250gb too, that will be in my HP Elite book 8440p ( i7-740 QM and 8gb rams ), so I hope some one will help me out with this, as i read the specs and the max HDD is 500gb but Sata II and max SSD would be 256gb

Thank You

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

A SATA III SSD will work fine, but only at the SATA II speed.

I installed an Intel 530 SATA 3 SSD in my older HP Elitebook 6930p (the model one year older than yours) and it works great.

[Ahmed_Menshawy]

Hello,

Have you installed it as main Disk, or it was extra internal disk ?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

I replaced the internal 2.5" mechanical hard drive with the SATA 3 SSD. 

I don't know what the performance of an external SSD would be since the USB ports are only USB 2.0.

Internally, the SATA 3 SSD provides a considerable performance boost over the mechanical hard drive.