SSD and Elitebook 840G1

[Althife]

Hello everyone,

I recently had an Elitebook 840G1 with a 128Go SATA drive, i7, and 8gbit of ram. 

I would like to update it, particularly the drive. I have two solutions: 

- Buy an M.2 SSD. Unfortunately, I do not know which one can I buy 2242 or 2260? Do you know one M.2 SSD not really expensive in a proper size? 

- Buy a SATA drive to change the old original one. But Do you know how to clone the original, with all partitions ( recovery, data, system, etc.)? I do not want to buy a SSD and lost the windows license and the possibility of recovery. 

Thank you very much for your help. 

Best regards,

Althife

[banhien]

@Althife 

It supports M.2 SATA SSD's up to 2280 (length 80mm) .

For the second question, there are many free clone software. You can clone the WHOLE existing old HDD to a new SSD (must be equal or larger capacity). My suggestion clone to 1TB or 2TB 2.5" SSD, you can resize drives later.

Please use the following free software

           https://www.techradar.com/au/best/best-disk-cloning-software

I normally use the last one on the list, very easy with only few clicks. I use a dock but you need an enclosure or adapter to connect. For example

     https://www.msy.com.au/25-hdd-enclosure

After the cloning process, you can simply swap HDD out/SSD in and use old HDD as an external drive.

Regards.