SSD upgrade compatibility

[FadyFares92]

Hello, 

I wanted to upgrade my laptop  HP pavilion 15 cc178cl  with SSD drive and I had several questions:

1- Is this SSD compatable with my laptop " Samsung 970 EVO 1TB - NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 SSD (MZ-V7E1T0BW) " ? and if not what are the compatable ones?

2- Do I need to remove the HDD drive and replace it with the new SSD or they both can be together ?

3- I have an original Windows 10 installed on my HDD and I would like the operating system to be on the SSD drive so how can I do that easily without losing my original windows ?

[Jeet_singh]

@FadyFares92,

Welcome to the HP Forums 🙂 I would like to take a moment and thank you for using this forum, it is a great place to find answers. For you to have the best experience on the HP forum, you could also visit our HP Forums Guide for First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More. I see from your post you need information and assistance related to SSD upgrade. No worries, I'll be glad to help you.

After reviewing your post thoroughly, I did go through the Product specification and found that your PC is shipped with 

• 2 TB 5400 rpm SATA
• [16]

Here in the Maintenance and Service guide of your notebook, I found that your PC support SSD. 

In the maintenance and service guide you will find the parts which are compatible and tested on your PC.

1- Is this SSD compatible with my laptop " Samsung 970 EVO 1TB - NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 SSD (MZ-V7E1T0BW) " ? and if not what are the compatible ones? You can definitely try this at your own discretion. however, HP Doesn't recommend any upgrade/downgrade of any hardware parts or software that is bundled with the product. It may affect the manufacturer's warranty and performance.

2- Do I need to remove the HDD drive and replace it with the new SSD or they both can be together ? No, It supports both.

3- I have an original Windows 10 installed on my HDD and I would like the operating system to be on the SSD drive so how can I do that easily without losing my original windows ? Yes, you can clone the Hard drive to the SSD and get al the information on to the SSD.

Hope this answers your question.

Good luck and keep me posted about the developments. If this helps, please mark this as “Accepted Solution” as it will help several others with the same issue and give the post a Kudos for my efforts to help. Thank you and have a great week ahead. 🙂

[FadyFares92]

Hello Jeet,

Many thanks for your reply, but I'm still confused about something.

I've checked the manual mentioned by you and it says that for the  models with model numbers 15-cc1xx this ssd is compatable "256-GB, 2280, PCIe, NVMe solid-state drive" but which kind of M.2 is directly compatable with my laptop without purchasing any extra hardware :

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and the other point is there's any limitation for the size of the SSD to be used (e.g max ssd size is 500GB ?) 

And why it's not recommended to upgrade the laptop with this type of SSD drive ?

[Jeet_singh]

@FadyFares92,

It's great to have you back and your patience is greatly  appreciated. 

As I see you still have a concern related to SSD, don't worry I'll do my best to help you.

Please find these parts which are compatible and tested for your PC: 

In the 2nd screen shot you will have the part number associated with the SSD:

Disclaimer: HP Doesn't recommend any upgrade/downgrade of any hardware parts or software that is bundled with the product. It may affect the manufacturer's warranty and performance. You can change the configuration at your own risk

Hope this answers your question.

Good luck and keep me posted about the developments. If this helps, please mark this as “Accepted Solution” as it will help several others with the same issue and give the post a Kudos for my efforts to help. Thank you and have a great week ahead. 🙂