Upgrade Zbook 15 G2

[uptik]

I'm planning to purchase a used zbook 15 g2 if I can swap out the scsi hard disk with a modern solid state disk.  Has anyone out there done this?  Which SSD would you recommend?

Thanks,

[Huffer]

I have the G3 version which is very similar. The disk in it is not scsi but SATA and a 2.5 inch SATA SSD would be a swap in replacement for it. WD Blue 2.5 inch SSD is a good choice:

https://www.amazon.com/WD-Blue-Internal-Solid-State/dp/B0792LL46V/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3G6FVZMZVFH92&keyw...

It will also take a PCIe/NVME M.2 SSD although it is a very early model to do this and the latest NVME M.2 will not be supported to its full ability. Uses a 2280 M.2 SSD like this one:

https://www.memory4less.com/hp-ssd-813138-001

This is the Service Manual see pp. 39-45.

Manual 

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

[uptik]

Thanks for your prompt response.  The Windows Device Mgr identifies the current HD as a HGST SCSI.  Would that be possible if it were actually a SATA?

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

Yeah....SCSI laptop hard drives have not been used in a long time. They are SATA devices.

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000151549/why-my-sata-drive-is-identified-as-a-scsi-device-....

[uptik]

That clarifies it.  Thanks.

[uptik]

I'm a bit confused about the cloning process.  The HD has partitions for 1) System (NTFS); 2) Windows (C:  NTFS);

3) HP_TOOLS (D: FAT32); 4) HP_RECOVERY (E: NTFS).  To maintain the utility of HP_TOOLS, is it necessary for its partition to be formatted as FAT32?  Will the cloning software, eg, Samsung Data Migration, create all of these partitions in their original NTFS/FAT32 formats and sizes, ie, Is there a minimum partition size?  

Sorry to ask so many questions, but I want to be fairly certain that I will have a fully functional system when it is completed.

Thanks much,

[Huffer]

Yes the cloning software should reproduce the partitions on the source drive onto the target. Small issue when cloning from larger to smaller takes some advanced knowledge of the cloning but it the target is the same size as the source or larger its literally one click to clone.