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Elitebook 830 G5
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Can someone clarify if the 830 G5 supports a second hard drive either SSD or mSATA?  I have a customer  who is about to run out of storage and wants to explore the option of expanding capacity by adding a second hard drive.  I have looked on HP site but I can't find a technical paper on the motherboard.

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@Brotybob 

Here's the Service Guide for that model, and as you can see, it has only one SSD and there does not appear to be any cable offered for connecting a second drive:  http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06189588

 

However, here are some things you can do to recover some of the disk space:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3012-disk-cleanup-open-use-windows-10-a.html
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-clean-up-winsxs-folder-in-windows-10/

Also, the community Win10 Forums has the following suggestions:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/83441-free-up-drive-space-windows-10-a.html

In addition, I have found the utility Cleanmgr+ to have LOTS of options for removing Windows junk, including log files. I use it practically every day. You can get it from here: https://www.getclone.app/download/category/11-cleanmgr

Also, there is a freeware app known as Wise Disk Cleaner. I use it every day to get rid of junk files: https://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-disk-cleaner.html



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@Brotybob 

Here's the Service Guide for that model, and as you can see, it has only one SSD and there does not appear to be any cable offered for connecting a second drive:  http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06189588

 

However, here are some things you can do to recover some of the disk space:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3012-disk-cleanup-open-use-windows-10-a.html
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-clean-up-winsxs-folder-in-windows-10/

Also, the community Win10 Forums has the following suggestions:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/83441-free-up-drive-space-windows-10-a.html

In addition, I have found the utility Cleanmgr+ to have LOTS of options for removing Windows junk, including log files. I use it practically every day. You can get it from here: https://www.getclone.app/download/category/11-cleanmgr

Also, there is a freeware app known as Wise Disk Cleaner. I use it every day to get rid of junk files: https://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-disk-cleaner.html



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