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05-11-2020 12:14 AM
I have a HP OMEN with a Lite-On 128GB MLC PCI Express 3.0 X4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive SSD - CA1-8D128 where OS is and a secondary HGST HTS721010A9E630 - 1 TB - 2,5" - 7200 rpm - SATA.
I would like to upgrade the M.2 disk to a bigger one say 512 and change the secondary one to 1GB SSD SATA for storage. But
as the storage disk has 2 partitions now where one is recovery and the other is overall storage how do you do the swap?
If I remove the partitions where recovery is and upgrade the M.2 disk then I will not have anything to install back, or?
Since the win 10 product key is "inside the laptop" everything is done automatically when you restorer to factory.
Has anyone done the same procedure at all?
Thanks
05-20-2020 01:41 PM
@ERNAD
Thank you for posting on the HP Support Community.
A new drive letter is added when you partition existing space on the drive, or when you add more physical storage space to the computer.
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Partition the existing hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD) to create a separate storage area (partition) using empty space on the drive. Windows labels the new partition with its own drive letter and uses the partition as a separate drive. Making a new partition might be useful if you need to share files on a drive, but want to prevent access to your personal files by keeping those files on a separate drive.
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Install an additional hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD) to add more physical storage for photos, videos, music, or other files. Windows automatically assigns a new drive letter when you add a new drive.
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