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‎08-20-2021 06:34 AM

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Product: hp14s-dq1504sa 14 laptop
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hi there. I'm looking to possibly upgrading my hard drive in my laptop from what I have now 256mb to a 1tb hard drive minimum. Can anyone tell me if this is possible? Thank you!

Kind Regards Aaron
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‎08-20-2021 06:50 AM - edited ‎08-20-2021 06:54 AM

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Hi, Aaron:

 

Your notebook comes with a 256 GB M.2 NVMe SSD.

 

HP Notebook 14s-dq1504sa Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support

 

You should be able to remove that drive and replace it with one having 1 TB of storage.

 

This would be a good model SSD to install...

 

Samsung 980 1 TB PCIe 3.0 (up to 3.500 MB/s) NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (MZ-V8V1T0BW)...

 

I can't find a service manual for your notebook, but I did find a video that may work.

 

Removing & Replacing Parts | HP 14-dq0000 Laptop PC | HP Computer Service | @HPSupport - YouTube

 

I also found the service manual for the older model series...

 

Maintenance and Service Guide HP 14 Laptop PC

 

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‎08-20-2021 12:48 PM

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Thank you Rob for getting back to me. That's excellent information indeed. I already have a media creator for windows 10 so if I put that on a USB stick can I boot from there at all to sort out an operating system?

Kind Regards Aaron
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‎08-20-2021 12:53 PM

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You're very welcome, Aaron.

 

Yes, making a bootable W10 USB installation flash drive with the media creation tool would work fine and then you install the drivers and available software from your notebook's support page...

 

HP Notebook 14s-dq1504sa Software and Driver Downloads | HP® Customer Support

 

If your notebook is supported, your other option would be to make a bootable USB recovery drive with the HP Cloud recovery tool that will reinstall W10, the drivers and the software that originally came with your notebook on the new SSD.

 

Here is an info link for how to use that utility...

 

HP Consumer PCs - Using the HP Cloud Recovery Tool (Windows 10, 7) | HP® Customer Support

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‎08-24-2021 01:31 PM

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Hi Paul. Thank you for your reply. I'm going to get the hard drive you recommended. I have a tech person who is going to help get it right as I'm a mobile DJ so I need sorted and setup properly. Thank you for your help.

 

Kind Regards Aaron
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‎08-24-2021 01:34 PM

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Anytime, Aaron.

 

Glad to have been of assistance. 

 

Best regards, 

 

Paul 

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