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‎06-30-2021 10:43 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-ec1xxx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello, I want to know if I can do an upgrade of my ssd hard drive, the current one is 240gb, but I would like to change it for one of more capacity

I have an HP Pavilion Gaming Laptop 15-ec1xxx

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‎07-02-2021 04:05 AM

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Hi @Borgonovo300 

 

As I said above:

you can install an M2 PCIe NVMe SSD with a higher capacity (no limit to capacity) from your preferred brand.

Something like the Samsung 970 Evo Plus would be great

Example

https://it.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/pavilion-gaming-15-ec1000-(9ek35av)

 

On page 30 of service manual you can see the steps to install the drive

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06446633.pdf

 

You can create a bootable USB drive before replacing the drive with the OS on it and then use it to reinstall Windows on the new SSD.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 

 

Hope it helps,

David

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‎06-30-2021 11:01 AM

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@Borgonovo300 

We need to get out terms straight for me to provide you an answer.

 

There is no such things as an "SSD hard drive"; it is either and SSD,. or an HDD, but not both.

 

So, we need to know which is the case.



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‎06-30-2021 12:09 PM - edited ‎06-30-2021 12:10 PM

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Hi,

You do not provide the exact product number. (HP Notebook PCs - How Do I Find My Product Name or Number? | HP® Customer Support)

In any case if it is a 240 GB drive it is going to be an M2 PCIe NVMe SSD which you can upgrade to a higher capacity (no limit to capacity) drive from your preferred brand.

Something like the Samsung 970 Evo Plus would be great

Example

https://it.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/pavilion-gaming-15-ec1000-(9ek35av)

 

On page 30 of service manual you can see the steps to install the drive

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06446633.pdf

 

You can create a bootable USB drive before replacing the drive with the OS on it and then use it to reinstall Windows on the new SSD.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 

 

Hope it helps,

David

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‎06-30-2021 03:29 PM

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Sorry is a ssd

 

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‎07-01-2021 12:02 PM

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It is a 240GB SSD and I want to know if it can be exchanged for another 512gb or more. thanks

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‎07-01-2021 12:04 PM

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Hi 

Product number: 162D3LA#ABM

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‎07-02-2021 04:05 AM

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Hi @Borgonovo300 

 

As I said above:

you can install an M2 PCIe NVMe SSD with a higher capacity (no limit to capacity) from your preferred brand.

Something like the Samsung 970 Evo Plus would be great

Example

https://it.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hp---compaq/pavilion-gaming-15-ec1000-(9ek35av)

 

On page 30 of service manual you can see the steps to install the drive

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c06446633.pdf

 

You can create a bootable USB drive before replacing the drive with the OS on it and then use it to reinstall Windows on the new SSD.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 

 

Hope it helps,

David

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