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‎12-15-2018 11:50 PM - edited ‎12-16-2018 08:34 AM

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Product: HP Pavillion dv6-3052nr product no. XB968UA#ABA
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello 

i wanted to upgrade my laptop with SSD and move the original HDD to caddy.

so my question is what is the best type of SSD to use, like the new m.2 SSD would it be compatible with my laptop, if not so what is the best fastest SSD upgrade?

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‎12-16-2018 05:14 AM

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We know enough to know you have a dv6-3000 era laptop which will be too old to have an M.2 or other new generation type slot in it, but the 2.5 inch SATA mechanical hard drive can easily be replaced with a 2.5 inch SATA SSDlike this one:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-250GB-Internal-MZ-76E250B-AM/dp/B0781Z7Y3S/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=154...

 

Its a very easy procedure:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpV8-UaGWac

 

The hard drive could be moved to an optical caddy like this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRuIydHUMuM

 

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

 

 

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‎12-16-2018 01:21 AM

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Welcome to the HP Support Community @Fatta7

 

To better assist you, the members will need the exact model number or product number of your laptop/desktop or printer???

 

HP Notebook PCs - How Do I Find My Model Number or Product Number?

 

 https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03754824

 

REO

 

PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY SERIAL NUMBERS

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‎12-16-2018 05:14 AM

HP Recommended

We know enough to know you have a dv6-3000 era laptop which will be too old to have an M.2 or other new generation type slot in it, but the 2.5 inch SATA mechanical hard drive can easily be replaced with a 2.5 inch SATA SSDlike this one:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-250GB-Internal-MZ-76E250B-AM/dp/B0781Z7Y3S/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=154...

 

Its a very easy procedure:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpV8-UaGWac

 

The hard drive could be moved to an optical caddy like this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRuIydHUMuM

 

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

 

 

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