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17-ca0054cl
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Hi does anybody know if my laptop (17-ca0054cl) has dual HDD bays so I can add another HDD or SSD without removing the current HDD? Thanks

 

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Perhaps not exactly as you picture it but in addition to the bay holding your current 1 TB 5400 rpm mechanical hard drive there is a slot for an M.2 "gumstick" 2280 form factor SSD. 

 

Download Service Manual 

 

HDD = green box M.2 SSD = red circleHDD = green box M.2 SSD = red circle

 

You can use a PCIe/NVME M.2 SSD which is the fastest possible storage in a consumer computer like this one:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S1T0B/dp/B07MFZY2F2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=97...

 

Post back with any more questions and please accept as solution if this is the info you needed. 

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HP Recommended

Perhaps not exactly as you picture it but in addition to the bay holding your current 1 TB 5400 rpm mechanical hard drive there is a slot for an M.2 "gumstick" 2280 form factor SSD. 

 

Download Service Manual 

 

HDD = green box M.2 SSD = red circleHDD = green box M.2 SSD = red circle

 

You can use a PCIe/NVME M.2 SSD which is the fastest possible storage in a consumer computer like this one:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S1T0B/dp/B07MFZY2F2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=97...

 

Post back with any more questions and please accept as solution if this is the info you needed. 

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HI So much thanks for your assistance. So does my laptop "17-ca0054cl" has slots for M2 SSD but they are empty now, Correct? So I can buy one and install it. 

 

Does this SSD would be comparable with my laptop? 

Sabrent 256GB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD High Performance Solid State Drive (SB-ROCKET-256)

https://www.amazon.com/Sabrent-SB-ROCKET-256-Rocket-Internal-Performance/dp/B07KGLN3HN/ref=sr_1_4?dc...

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No reason the Sabrent would not work. Except it is always wise to open the laptop first before buying upgrade parts just to be sure the slot is there. Sometimes they are not for reasons we do not know and cannot predict. But odds are very good you do have the M.2 slot. 

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