Hard drive upgrade to SSD

[Ruffrow28]

Hello,

I have a HP Pavilion Power 15-cb059nr laptop and it came with a 1 TB 7200 hard drive and was wondering if there is a way to upgrade the hard drive to a solid state drive.  

[Huffer]

Yes you can upgrade the existing hard drive to a 2.5 inch SATA SSD or add in an M.2 disk and keep the existing hard drive. 

Spelled out here in this post. Your model uses the same Manual:

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/How-to-open-15-cb026ur/m-p/623...

Post back with any more questions. 

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[Ruffrow28]

Thank you for the information. Where can I purchase a non marking tool from?

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

amazon.com...I use an old credit card or other laminated card. 

This is a useful kit for $8...the blue things are spudgers aka nonmarking tools. You can even use a guitar pick:

https://www.amazon.com/Kaisi-Precision-Screwdriver-16-Piece/dp/B00E3CHLLC/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=150...

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[Ruffrow28]

Ok, thank you for the information. I will look into it.

[Ruffrow28]

Hello,

I was able to remove the back cover on my HP Pavilion laptop and also remove the original harddrive and replaced it with a SSD.  I also used an old credit card and it came off easy.  

Thanks again for your help on this.