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‎06-29-2022 01:13 AM

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Product: HP Notebook - 15-db0186au
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I have HP 15-DB0186AU.  I want to upgrade my Hard disk (1TB) to SSD.  I have three questions

1.  Whether additional SSD can be inserted in addition to existing Hard Disk?

2.  SSD of which memory will be compatible to my Laptop (500 GB/1TB)?

3.  How to install operating system i.e. Windows 10 on SSD?

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‎06-29-2022 07:26 AM

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Hi:

 

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

 

Maintenance and Service Guide HP 15 Laptop PC

 

Chapter 1 has the supported drive types.

 

Since your notebook has a Ryzen processor the M.2 slot support both NVMe and SATA SSD's.

 

You can make a bootable USB recovery drive with the HP cloud recovery tool which should reinstall W10, the drivers and the software that originally came with your notebook onto the new SSD.

 

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

 

HP Consumer PCs - Using the HP Cloud Recovery Tool in Windows 11 and 10 | HP® Customer Support

 

You may want to temporarily disconnect the 2.5" drive so the cloud recovery tool does not reinstall Windows on the wrong drive.

 

I have never used it with two drives connected, so I don't know if it will ask you what drive you want to install it on.

 

 

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‎07-02-2022 04:57 AM

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Thanks for your reply.

 

Please guide me which SSD can be inserted in HP DB0186AU Laptop:

1.  Western Digital SN850 500GB PCIe Gen 4 SSD 7000MB/s R, 4100 MB/s W  OR

2.  Samsung 980 500GB upto 3500 MB/s PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 (2280) (MZ-V8V500)  OR

3.   Seagate FireCuda 530 500GB  M.2 PCIe Gen4*4 NVMe 1.4  7000 MB/s, 3D TLC NAND 640 TBW 1.8MTBF OR

4.  Crucial P5 Plus 500GB PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD upto  6600 MB/s

 

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‎07-02-2022 06:33 AM

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You're very welcome.

 

I don't recommend buying any of the PCIe Gen 4 SSD's because your notebook's M.2 slot is only Gen 3, so you would be paying more for the Gen 4 and getting nothing in return because it will not run at its maximum advertised speed.

 

I'd go with the Samsung 980 PCIe Gen 3, unless you plan on moving a Gen 4 NVMe drive to a newer notebook in the future that has a Gen 4 NVMe slot.

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