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‎11-08-2021 02:51 PM

HP Recommended
Product: Envy 17-ae1xx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I would like to upgrade my hard drive to an SSD. My laptop currently has an HGST HTS721010A9E630 drive.

questions: will any SSD drive fit?

Can I upgrade to a 2tb drive or am I limited to 1TB?

Is there a second slot that will allow me to move the current drive and use it as additional/secondary storage?

Thanks

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‎11-08-2021 02:59 PM

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You can replace the hard drive with a 2.5 inch SATA SSD. It is a straight even-up swap, using the same mounting hardware. You would roughly triple the read speed of data from the storage. Or, there is an M.2 slot to install a 2280 form factor "gumstick" SSD using the NVME protocol. This would increase the data read speed by 8 or 9 times. You can install a 2 TB disk of either type or both for that matter.

 

Service Manual 

 

Insides of laptop:

 

M.2 slot circled in redM.2 slot circled in red

 

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-970-EVO-Plus-MZ-V7S2T0B/dp/B07MFZXR1B/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2B3FXZ1FYN8VC&k...

 

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

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