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How do I know my Notebook support to use HDD(Which came with Notebook) and SSD(Which I planned to install).

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You know by asking us here in the Community and looking at the Service Manual:

 

Service Manual

 

Your model has no slot to add a second storage disk. There is only the one 2.5 inch bay. So in order to install an SSD you must remove the hard drive and the only kind of SSD you can have is a 2.5 inch SATA kind which externally looks like a hard drive. 

 

See p. 66 of the Manual. You can install an M.2 "gumstick" type drive but ONLY into an adapter sled fitting into the 2.5 inch bay which you do not want to spend money to get bacause an M.2 mSSD will perform no faster than a 2.5 inch SATA SSD.

 

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

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You know by asking us here in the Community and looking at the Service Manual:

 

Service Manual

 

Your model has no slot to add a second storage disk. There is only the one 2.5 inch bay. So in order to install an SSD you must remove the hard drive and the only kind of SSD you can have is a 2.5 inch SATA kind which externally looks like a hard drive. 

 

See p. 66 of the Manual. You can install an M.2 "gumstick" type drive but ONLY into an adapter sled fitting into the 2.5 inch bay which you do not want to spend money to get bacause an M.2 mSSD will perform no faster than a 2.5 inch SATA SSD.

 

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

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