Problem in recognizing the hard drive slots in my laptop

[Adyan]

 My hp 15-dy1771ms runs on a m2 ssd.I just want to ask that can i install an adittional harddrive as iam running out of space.I dont want to physically open my laptop as it can loose its warranty so it  will be very helpful if anyone of you could solve my problem.

[banhien]

@Adyan 

The specs of your machine is

         https://support.hp.com/au-en/document/c06447658

I can't find its manual but I believe this series does NOT have dual storage option with 2.5" HDD/SSD therefore your machine does NOT have 2.5" slot for hard drive. Crucial even does not supply 2.5" drive for your machine, it knows there is no where to install:

       https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/hP---Compaq/hp-15-dy1771ms

Many HP products now only have M.2 slot for storage, other vendors do the same. I've got at least 6 machines around me right now do not have 2.5" bay for hard drive, 1 Mac, 1 HP, 2 MS Surface's and 2 Dell's.

Regards.

[Adyan]

so sir what should i do

[banhien]

@Adyan 

You can upgrade 512GB to 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD.  The simplest way to do: looks at Device Manager to see what it is now and buy same brand/model. Otherwise you can use Crucial P1/P2 series or Samsung 970 EVO series or many around.

Regards,