How to find SSD specification for my laptop

[sujitg1122]

My notebook is running very slow; want to upgrade the SATA HDD to SSD.

I dont know how to identify the specification for the SSD that will be compatible with my notebook

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook.

HP Pavilion 15 Laptop PC Maintenance and Service GuideIMPORTANT! This document is intended for HP au...

Chapter 1 has the supported drive types.

Your notebook has a M.2 slot that supports NVMe SSD's.

I recommend either the Samsung 980 (not 980 Pro) or the Western Digital Blue SN570 NVMe SSD.

[sujitg1122]

Thank you so much for the response. 

- I will now try to identify from the manual the spec for the RAM and what the max capacity is..

Thanks again for your input regarding the SSD

Sujit

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

When the site comes back up, they will have compatible memory for your notebook.

It's been down all weekend.

https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=592e55132a5bffb9JmltdHM9MTY2NDY2ODgwMCZpZ3VpZD0yMDNmODVjMC1iNDk4LTY1Y...

Your notebook's processor can run memory at a max speed of 2400 MHz, but if you find that DDR4-2666 or DDR4-3200 memory costs less, then you can install the faster memory too.  It will automatically bridge to 2400 MHz.

You want the memory with the green circuit board.

[sujitg1122]

Thanks again, Paul,

Really appreciate it...

Now on to replacing the RAM and SSD and hoping that I bring my laptop back to a "reasonably" fast (a.k.a useful 🙂 ) device...

Regards

Sujit 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime, Sujit.

Glad to have been of assistance.

Cheers,

Paul

[sujitg1122]

Paul, 

I now have a new challenge; 

I bought the new 980 SSD, followed youtube instructions, and installed the SSD.

- System had the original HDD, where windows 11 was installed

- SSD now started showing up in Windows Explorer

Followed instructions on a site (maybe HP support, ...lost the link) and cloned the HDD to SSD. Now my Windows Explorer shows up both drives

• The HDD as C:
• and SSD as G:

but its still booting from C: . 

So, my challenge is:

How do I make the system to boot from the SSD( as C:)  and I be able to use the HDD as just a storage drive? 

I tried going to the BIOS setting ( Pressing F10 at Startup) and looked under the System Configuration section and when I select the option to set boot priority, it only shows up the HDD, 

Any suggestions/recommendation is highly appreciated

Regards

Sujit

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi, Sujit;

On some notebooks, I guess like yours, the PC will always want to boot from the 2.5" drive and not the SSD.

The usual procedure is to temporarily disconnect the 2.5" drive and make sure the notebook boots off and runs on the SSD for a bit.

Do some restarts and whatnot to make sure it is 100% working.

Then you can connect the 2.5" drive back up and hopefully the Windows boot manager will not switch back to the hard drive.

I recommend that you completely format the 2.5" drive and use it for storage only.

HP notebooks that come with dual drive configurations (2.5" drive + NVMe SSD) have no operating system on the 2.5" drive.

[sujitg1122]

Ok, sounds like a good recommendation. 

- I will disconnect the HDD(2.5" drive)

- restart the laptop

- If the system boots from the SSD, I am in pretty good shape

- Whenever I connect the HDD, have to make sure it is formatted and clean

Thanks again, Paul.

Will update progress in a couple days... 🙂 

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Hopefully that will take care of the problem for you.