Upgrade SSD

[CB_000-1]

I have an Envy 15t-es000 360 touch with 512 GB Intel SSD + 32 GB Intel Optane memory. My local disk (C:) is almost used up primarily due to installed apps. With this laptop, am I able to switch out the 512 GB SSD and upgrade to a 2TB SSD? And if it is upgradeable, what is the best SSD for this laptop?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You are able to install a different NVMe SSD, but before removing the existing drive, you need to disable the Intel Optane memory in the Intel RST software and in the BIOS (if your notebook's BIOS a setting to disable the Optane memory).

Suggested replacements:

Your notebook's M.2 SSD slot is PCIe Gen 3.0, and a Gen 4.0 SSD will work but not run at its maximum advertised read/write speeds.

However, you may want to transfer the drive to a newer notebook or desktop PC in the future that has a PCIe Gen 4.0 SSD slot.

This would be the drive I recommend if you want to go that route:

Amazon.com: SAMSUNG 990 PRO SSD NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen4, M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Hard Drive, Seq. R...

or this one which costs less but has slower read/write speeds:

Amazon.com: Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD, up to 5000MB/s - CT2000P3PSSD8 : Ele...

If you want to stay with a PCIe Gen 3.0 drive, I recommend this one:

Amazon.com: Crucial P3 2TB PCIe Gen3 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD, up to 3500MB/s - CT2000P3SSD8 : Electroni...

Below is the link to the service manual:

Maintenance and Service Guide (hp.com)

If your notebook is supported by the HP cloud recovery tool, make a bootable USB recovery drive to reinstall Windows.

You can make the recovery drive now:

HP Consumer PCs - Using the HP Cloud Recovery Tool in Windows 11 and 10 | HP® Support

You can download the software from the Microsoft Store:

HP Cloud Recovery Tool - Free download and install on Windows | Microsoft Store

[CB_000-1]

Thank you. I appreciate the information.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.