8470p replace HD with SSD - max size possible?

[Fifthhorseman]

I want to replace the standard harddrive with an SSD. The product manual says max size supported is 256 GB. Is that a fixed max size or a historic assumption?

Can I get a Samsung SSD 500 GB to work in this model?

Thanks

[VSL85]

Dear Customer,

Welcome and Thank you for posting your query on HP Support Forum.

You can upgrade your HDD on your laptop 500GB absoulutely, there will be no issue at all.

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[Fifthhorseman]

Thanks. I was really pondering about this statement in the product datasheet

Internal Storage12

320/500/750 GB 7200 rpm HDD, 500 GB 7200 rpm SED (Self Encrypting Drive) HDD, SATA 6 Gb/s 128 GB SSD/180 GB SSD,29 SATA 6 Gb/s 256 GB SED SSD; HP 3D DriveGuard10

I suspected that the SATA driver on the device may not allow me to have 500 GB SSD

Thanks

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

Hi there.

You can replace you hard drive with this SSD. You can check the manual of the product about the steps to follow during the drive changing.

Cheers! 🙂

[Fifthhorseman]

So I got my Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500 GByte. I have my 8.1 image on a USB 3.0 stick and want to install it in my elitebook 8470p. Seems to be a bigger issue. The USB is not recognized as bootable device.

I've updated the BIOS and the Intel USB 3 drivers. Seems like I need to spend more time on figuring out if anything in the BIOS is preventing it or if it has issues with the USB 3 hardware or if in the end the disk is still not right for this notebook.

If there is any experience, let me know ...