SSD compatible for HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC (J6M42PA#ACJ) ?

[pramodrao]

Hi everyone,

I  am going to be very specific about the system i own. There seem to be many posts for different HP models, for c series, p series and so on, but i am not able to confirm if my system is SSD upgrade compatible.

Below are my system specifications, please do let me know if i can upgrade to an SSD. (If it is, please do suggest the SSD's i can buy to perform the upgrade and the procedure to upgrade it)

description: Notebook
product: HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC (J6M42PA#ACJ)
vendor: Hewlett-Packard

*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 2281
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
physical id: 0
version: 77.12
serial: PEMLB018J6S3YU
slot: Type2 - Board Chassis Location

*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4210U CPU @ 1.70GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 2b
bus info: cpu@0
version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4210U CPU @ 1.70GHz
serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
slot: U3E1
size: 1361MHz
capacity: 2700MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz

*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 2
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 8GiB

*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: HGST HTS541010A9
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: A710
serial: JDA0001V1Z2HUJ
size: 931GiB (1TB)

Apologies in advance if there is a lot of unnecessary information.

Thank you in advance.

Cheers

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

15-p077tx is the model. If by SSD you mean 2.5 inch SATA yes your laptop can support such a drive in lieu of/as replacement for the mechanical hard drive. This is the Service Manual:

Manual

It cannot support one of the new "gumstick" type M.2 SSDs. There is no slot for that. 

So something like this would work:

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-250GB-Internal-MZ-76E250B-AM/dp/B0781Z7Y3S/ref=sr_1_7_acs_osp_osp22-d...

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

[pramodrao]

Thanks Huffer! I'm gonna go for it. But before i do, i wanted to know what is the process to migrate the existing HDD data to the new SSD. Can you please point me in the right direction.

[Huffer]

Use a product called Macrium Reflect Free...its literally free. Install it on a computer and it gives you the option to make a bootable usb disk with the program on it. Get a usb to SATA adapter ($12 or so on amazon.com) and hook up the new SSD externally. Boot from the Macrium USB and select to clone the internal hard drive to the SSD which copies the hard drive to SSD. Swap the SSD into the computer and boot from it. That easy but we are here to help with the details if you wish. 

[pramodrao]

That helps. Thanks a ton!