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    Hp envy 14 - replacing the HDD with an SSD?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by AmarT97, Jul 10, 2015.

  1. AmarT97

    AmarT97 Newbie

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    I'm planning on replacing my HDD on my hp envy 14-2002ea, the user manual is here:

    http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02878045

    The only issue is, I was wanting to replace the HDD with this SSD.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-256...&qid=1436581704&sr=8-3&keywords=ssd+2.5+256gb

    As the SSD is clearly 256gb, and on p10 of the manual it does not state that that SSD configuration is possible, is there any way that I will be able to use this SSD? As ideally I need more than 160gb, which seems to be the maxmimum supported SSD capacity for this laptop
     
    AmarT97, Jul 10, 2015
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  2. kingp1ng

    kingp1ng Notebook Evangelist

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    The Samsung 850 Pro will work 100%. Don't worry.

    I have the Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB in my Envy 14 (same model as yours). Super easy to install. Just pop open the back panel, remove the screws, and replace the HDD with the SSD. Straightforward.

    Btw, what you were reading on page 10 doesn't concern you. mSATA is different than the normal SATA connector. This is what an mSATA looks like. (m = mini).
    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=msata+ssd
     
    kingp1ng, Jul 17, 2015
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    Thanks for the response, I'll be upgrading my HDD to the samsung 850 pro SSD soon.
     
    AmarT97, Jul 21, 2015
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