HP 630 : Adding extra SSD

[Abdo_py]

I  have 500 Gb HDD on my  HP 630 laptop, and I want to add an extra SSD, I dont know if my product support adding an SSD in the DVD slot and keeping both HDD and the new SSD.

Here is my product number : A6E92EA#BH4

Thanks in advance.

[iomare · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Yes it is possible.

The best idea would be just to remove the Hard Drive and insert a 2.5" SATA3 SSD in its place. You can get from your preferred brand and capacity (so just get a slight higher capacity SSD and you can use the old drive in an external housing as an USB drive). You could then even clone the old drive or perform a clean install of the OS on the new SSD.

If you want to keep the old hard drive. The best idea is to place the SSD where the Hard Drive is now and install the OS on it. Then place the Hard Drive in a caddy where the DVD is placed at the moment.

Service manual

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02834036.pdf

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-630-notebook-pc/5086782/model/5086783/manuals?sku=A6E92EA

Hope it helps,

David

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[Abdo_py]

Thank you so much for your answer

One more thing is about my laptop performance, is putting the SSD in the driver slot and instaling the OS on it will improve performances or not? 

As you told me I bought today a caďdy and SSD 256 go, The problem is that the caddy doesn't have the whole for screw in the same place as the DVD slot.