Replace broken hard drive on HP Pavilion All-in-One - 23-q105na (Touch) Product: P1K69EA

[SleepingBowl]

HI my Pavillon AIO P1K69EA has a dead hard drive and I'd like to replace it with an SSD. I have removed the old Toshiba HDD (manufactured July 2016) but don't know how to go about finding a suitable replacement.

Thanks

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Was the Toshiba drive you removed a 3/5" or 2.5" drive?

The illustration on your PC's support page seems to show a 3.5" drive, but you would know for sure.

HP Pavilion 23-q105a TouchSmart All-in-One Desktop PC Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support

If it has a 3.5" drive, all SATA SSD's are 2.5", so you need an adapter so you can fit the smaller drive where the larger one went.

I recommend that you purchase one of these which is the same size as the 3.5" drive, you fit the smaller drive in the adapter and plug the adapter into your PC.  Everything should go right into place.

ORICO 2.5 to 3.5 Inch HDD SSD Mounting Bracket Hard Drive Adapter Removable Mounting Frame for 2.5 I...

I don't know what size (capacity) SSD you want to install, but I recommend one of the Western Digital Blue SA510 2.5" models in a storage capacity that meets your needs and budget.

Here's the link to the 1 TB size, for example.

WD Blue SA510 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD with up to 560MB/s read speed : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessorie...

After you install the drive, you will have to reinstall W10 and install the drivers and available software from your PC's support page.

HP Pavilion All-in-One - 23-q105a (Touch) Software and Driver Downloads | HP® Customer Support

You can make a bootable W10 installation flash drive with the media creation tool from the link below:

Download Windows 10 (microsoft.com)

[SleepingBowl]

Thanks Paul, much appreciated. I will give all that a go!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.