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‎03-19-2020 11:19 AM

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Product: Envy x360 15m-bp111dx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)

My daughter killed the hard drive with a magnet, and I’m looking to replace it with an SSD. 
Can I just unplug one and plug the other one, or are the connectors different?

Also, it looks that I need a 2.5” drive, is there anything else I should look out for to make sure it will work?

Thanks! 

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‎03-19-2020 11:30 AM

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@JZinna14 

 

All standard 2.5" HDD/SSD drives for notebooks today use same SATA 3 connectors. The only difference is SSD's are thinner (only 6.5mm or 7mm) than many HDD's.(can be 7mm or 9.5mm or thicker) but your machine supports both (7mm and 9.6mm).

 

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‎03-19-2020 11:30 AM

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@JZinna14 

 

All standard 2.5" HDD/SSD drives for notebooks today use same SATA 3 connectors. The only difference is SSD's are thinner (only 6.5mm or 7mm) than many HDD's.(can be 7mm or 9.5mm or thicker) but your machine supports both (7mm and 9.6mm).

 

Regards.

BH
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‎03-19-2020 01:35 PM

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Thanks for the quick response!!!

 Is there a brand that you would recommend?

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‎03-19-2020 05:24 PM

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Samsung 860 Evo 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Inch-Internal-MZ-76E1T0B-AM/dp/B078DPCY3T/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keyword...

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