How to replace Hardrive in ENVY 14 Beats Edition

Hi guys,

ive been looking at SSD's and The Seagate Momentus XT and i just got a HP ENVY 14 Beats edition with a 500gb 7200RPM which is reallly crappy but i dont know replacing it will void my warranty? and if it doesnt how do i do it !! cause i really want an SSD init


THanks in Advance

Patrikc8

 

Replacing the hard disk with an SSD shouldn't void your warranty, and it's relatively easy to do. Simply remove the bottom cover by sliding the cover switch, lift the cover away from the unit, remove the HDD from the caddy and replace it with the SSD, mount everything back to where it should be, and you're good to go.

 

how bout transfering the windows 7 ?. could somone also confirm that it doesnt void warranty cause then i will be SUPER happy

 

plz help :S

 

yeah.

for windows 7 you will first want to go and back up the activation with abr.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-...-hp-laptop-out-box-guide-2-0-windows-7-a.html

step 2 on here.

I mean you could just use recovery discs instead if you don't wanna clean install but *shrugs* I'd still backup the win 7 activation so you don't have to call microsoft and spend 5-10 minutes getting a phone activation code.

 

Why don't you call HP to ask if it will void your warranty, they have a help line open 24/7... will be much more of a confirmation than someones opinion over a web forum.

 

i sent them emails but all they said was i cant do it, not anything about voiding warranty but i will phone again thanks

 

Also, here's a great write-up with photos by Gertch, doing an Envy 14 optical drive/HDD transplant.

 

The Envy 14 hard disk is an end-user replaceable part, says so in the manual, so it will not void your warranty. Just create your recovery disks, take the old hard disk out, pop your new one in and run the disks.

The detailed instructions are in the manual that came on the little SD card with your laptop, but it's really one of the simplest component changes I've ever done, and you should be able to figure it out yourself anyway.

 

Thanks Guys