How to upgrade HP Pavilion 15-cs0xxx HD to M.2 NVMe SSD

[Andre37]

If I install the 1TB SSD in the M.2 socket and clone the original HDD info, 

how do I tell the system to boot from the SSD rather than the old HDD?

Would that be in the BIOS? If so, where?

Or do I have to remove the old HDD to make things work with SSD and then reformat

the HDD  before putting it back in for spare storage?

Hope CherylG can help me out.

Thanks

[CherylG]

Normally anytime you clone one drive to another the old drive must be removed  before first boot of new drive. If you remove it and format before reinstalling the laptop should still boot from SSD. You may have to go into BIOS and move the SSD up as first boot device in Boot options. I have seen a few members report their model refuses to boot from an SSD when a regular hdd is installed but with any luck that won't be the case. If it does refuse to boot you can always buy a USB hdd enclosure to install the hdd in and use it as a backup drive.

[Andre37]

Thanks Cheryl,

Will get on it tomorrow and keep you up on my progress.

[Andre37]

Hi CherylG,

If I do the upgrade to an M.2 pcie SSD, does my regular warranty and a 3 year extended one that I just

purchased become void? Hope not. Your answer could affect what I do next.

Thanks, Andre.

[Tomboguy]

Yes, that slot will support an NVME drive at full speed. However, if you are replacing the Optane drive already in there, you must run the Intel Rapid Storage software, the latest that clearly states Optane support; and decouple the Optane from the hard drive. The system sees Optane -cached drives as one storage volume, so if you remove the Optane without decoupling it first the hard drive won't boot or have a useable volume. An easy small step, and after it reboots not using the Optane anymore, you can remove it, install your M.2 drive, and then clone the hard drive.

[juanferven]

Clone el Disco de 1 Tera  a un SSD M2. 240 Gb que ya era reconocido en la ranura M2. Con la 2 unidades ingrese al Bios y asigne el M.2 como disco de arranque, pero arrancaba con el de 1Tera. Borre la particiones de arranque del Disco de 1 Tera y tampoco arrranca el SSD M2. Tuve que quitar el Disco de 1 Tera para que arranque con el SSD M.2 240 Gb normalmente. La Pregunta es  ¿Como poder utilizar este disco de 1 Tera como almacen INTERNO  para mi disco SSD M2 240 Gb. ¿Como hacer para que arranque el SSD M2 240 Gb con disco de  1Tera instalado?

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