HP 17t-cn000 M.2 SSD Upgrade Help

[emmiie]

Hello everyone,

I am looking for help on upgrading a storage device on my husband's HP 17t-cn000  that has a 1TB 5400 rpm SATA HDD; I am interested in installing a 1 TB M.2 SSD storage device. I would like help knowing if this one that I have linked below is compatible with my husband's laptop. If it is not, can you please link to one or two that are compatible with his laptop?

The serial number of his laptop is: 5CG13388M9, and the product number is: 3T000AV. Thank you.

Please advise.

https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-P310-2280-PCIe-Gen4/dp/B0DC8VPSHV

Please help. 

Kind regards

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Yes, that drive would be an excellent choice for a M.2 NVMe SSD.

Below is the link to the service manual where you can find the M.2 SSD installation procedure:

Maintenance and Service Guide

If you plan on retaining the 2.5" drive for storage, you need to remove Windows from the drive or it will always want to boot from the 2.5" drive first and not the M.2 SSD.

Regarding installing W11 on the new drive...use the HP cloud recovery tool to create a bootable USB recovery drive that will put the NVMe SSD in the 'out of the box' condition that the notebook came with.

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

You can download the software from the Microsoft Store.

HP Cloud Recovery Tool - Free download and install on Windows | Microsoft Store

You can make the recovery drive now while the current hard drive is installed.

[emmiie]

Hello again,

Thank you so much. I appreciate you confirming that this M.2 SDD storage device would be compatible with my husband's laptop. The old HDD failed, and I wanted to replace it with an M.2 SSD, so this is all going to work out great. Thank you for the added links. I appreciate your time. God bless.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome. 

Yes, that is a great decision to replace the slow-poke 2.5 " mechanical hard drive with a much better performing NVMe SSD.

The difference in performance should be considerable.

God Bless you as well and have a great weekend.

[emmiie]

Quick question , what screws do I use for this SSD on my husband's laptop?

Thank you.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

If the motherboard does not have the M.2 SSD screw included, chapter 5 page 39 of the service manual indicates that you need a Phillips M2.0 × 2.5 screw.

That would be a metric 2.0 mm diameter x 2.5 mm long.

[emmiie]

Great, that is helpful. I will search Amazon for that size, unless you can recommend one? You have been so very helpful. God bless.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome. 

You may want to check with a local PC repair shop and see if they have one to sell or give you. 

I don't know if Ace Hardware would carry screws that small, but it wouldn't hurt to check there too.

[emmiie]

I did that today. They gave me 2 screws but I didn't think of asking the size, as I saw your message after I went to the PC repair shop. I will be trying the screws today. Thank you again for all your help. 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

Glad to have been of assistance.

Most of those notebook SSD screws are all 2 mm wide, the length may vary, but if the screw looks about as long as it is wide, then it will probably fit.

Some specs call for 2 mm x 3 mm and that would probably fit too.

All I know is that they are very tiny.