Upgrading for Larger Capacity with SATA ssd

[Ronnie95]

Hi, I have some doubts about whether my laptop can be upgraded by adding another SATA SSD or required to replace the current SSD ?
I am not really sure, without the proper tools to pop it open and have a look, but I have found that it has only 1 M2.0 SSD slot based on the laptop user guide and it is currently occupied. I had intentions to add in a SATA for a larger storage capacity but my experience in the field is literally zero. I just found information that SATA may be able to mount to the slots meant for HDD which i am not quite certain about the accuracy. Is it possible and any recommendations for compatible SATA or better suggestions ? Would really appreciate your help, thank you so much !

Current specs : 
16GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory - 2x8GB Samsung 3200MHz
512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD - Samsung MZVL4512HBLU-00BH1
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U with Radeon RX Vega 7 Graphics

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Below is the link to the service manual for your notebook.

Maintenance and Service Guide (hp.com)

Chapter 1 has the supported drive types.

Your notebook only has support for one M.2 NVMe SSD with no options to add either a 2.5" drive or another M.2 NVMe SSD.

If you look at the illustration in chapter 5, on page 35, it shows the location of the single M.2 SSD.

If you need more storage beyond 512 GB, you will need to replace the existing drive with one having a greater storage capacity.

[Ronnie95]

I see, i guess its same as what i found through the user manuals and the guides after posting the discussion. 
Thank you very much for the clarification for this part !

I do have one last question, to replace the current SSD to larger capacity,
I did read about the SSD being upgradable upto 1TB only,
Found some additional info from other sites which we can actually install one with more than the stated as long as ensuring GPT formatting and available UEFI BIOS to read SSD of >1TB limits.
May i ask  if its possible to do so with SSD like acer predator  M7-2TB, adata gammix S70 2TB or crucial p3 plus 2TB ?

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome.

You don't even need to have a UEFI BIOS to install a 2 TB drive.

It is when you go beyond that where if you want to use a drive in excess of 2 TB, the BIOS must support UEFI booting, and you must format the drive with the GPT partition table.

But since your notebook supports UEFI and secure boot you should install any capacity drive by booting your Windows installation media from the UEFI boot source and install Windows with the GPT partition table, even if the drive is 256 GB.

If Windows is installed in Legacy mode, you cannot enable secure boot.

Theoretically, any of those drives should work.

I can't think of any reason why they wouldn't, but I cannot 100% guarantee that they will.

If you look at the Crucial SSD report for the model series, they offer NVMe SSD's up to 4 GB.

Whether or not they guarantee one that size will work, that I do not know.

HP - Compaq HP Victus 15-fa0000 | Memory RAM & SSD Upgrades | Crucial.com