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11-29-2020 05:41 PM
I own an HP Notebook 15-da1074tx which has no optical drive. I was thinking of upgrading my memory to SSD without removing the HDD which is already there. Is it possible? If yes, then how to do it?
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11-29-2020 06:50 PM
The specs of your machine is
https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06383105
You should be able to add M.2 NVMe SSD to your machine using
https://www.samsung.com/au/memory-storage/970-evo-nvme-m2-ssd/MZ-V7E2T0BW/
https://www.crucial.com/products/ssd/crucial-p2-ssd
Or similar from reputable vendors.
One example (compatible drive, can use smaller/larger capacity)
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p5/ct1000p5ssd8/ct18133332
How ? The following video may help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7AgpYmPQCs
and the following article
https://www.pcworld.com/article/261599/how-to-replace-your-laptop-hard-drive.html
Regards.
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11-29-2020 06:50 PM
The specs of your machine is
https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06383105
You should be able to add M.2 NVMe SSD to your machine using
https://www.samsung.com/au/memory-storage/970-evo-nvme-m2-ssd/MZ-V7E2T0BW/
https://www.crucial.com/products/ssd/crucial-p2-ssd
Or similar from reputable vendors.
One example (compatible drive, can use smaller/larger capacity)
https://www.crucial.com/ssd/p5/ct1000p5ssd8/ct18133332
How ? The following video may help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7AgpYmPQCs
and the following article
https://www.pcworld.com/article/261599/how-to-replace-your-laptop-hard-drive.html
Regards.
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