replace hard drive in HP Pavilion with SSD

[SteveB1953]

Hello, I have a rather old HP Pavilion laptop running windows 10 64 bit.  I'm wondering how difficult it is to replace the existing hard drive with an SSD close to the same size.  Is it worth it?  thanks in advance for your help

[iomare]

Hi,

Can you provide the exact model or product number of the machine for further help.

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Let us know,

David

[SteveB1953]

My laptop is HP Pavilion Notebook 15-au063cl, serial number 5CD63004Q9 and model number X7Q97UA.  Thanks for the reply, I hope this helps

Steven Burnside

[iomare]

You're welcome Steven.

It is definetly worth replacing the Hard Drive with an SSD as it is a powerful machine and the SSD will give a great boost to the everyday performance of the machine.

So, what you need is a 2.5" SATA3 SSD of your preferred brand and capacity. A the moment you have a 1TB drive. You could go with 500GB one and buy a housing for the old drive to use as an external USB drive, Well, any size you need. The Samsung ones are considered the best

Example:

https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Inch-Internal-MZ-77E1T0B-AM/dp/B08QBJ2YMG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MLNLDHOCT5...

On page 32 of service manual you can see the steps to replace the Hard Drive

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05228250.pdf

You can create a USB drive with  OS on it before replacing the drive or on a different PC.

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

Then use the USB to install Windows on the SSD. Once installed go into settings and completly update the PC so Windows will find the necessary drivers. You can also find any missing ones here

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-pavilion-15-au000-notebook-pc-series-touch/10862160/model/12...

or install HP support assistant

https://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/hpsupportassistant/hpsupport.html

I guess that is basically it. You will notifce the difference in performance. You do not need a product key, it will automatically activate once installed and connected to internet. It should boot from USB drive automatically once you have replaced the drive and turn on the PC.

Example of enclosure for old drive if still in good condition 

Let me know if you need any further help.

David

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