Hp Probook 450 G6 Hard Drive Replacement

[Roxanna Bornemann]

Youcan do this by using the cloud to save hard drive storage via a backup service or by using an external data storage device. Take time to review what programs you want to keep, and assemble your original discs or data files for reinstallation on your new drive.

This frees up space in your computer case for other components down the road, such as a second hard drive. It also creates more air movement around the new drive. If you do choose to leave the old drive inside the computer case, make sure all of the connections remain disconnected.

Fortunately, putting the operating system back on the computer performs these two steps automatically. Your OS will determine the exact steps, but for Windows 10 or Windows 10 Pro for HP computers and laptops, operating system installation involves the following steps:

Now that you have Windows working on a new hard drive, you can start the process of putting the things you want back on the computer. Your cloud backup or external drive should be accessed by using the software it recommends to retrieve files.

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I have a couple questions regarding a ProBook that I am considering buying. I need a new laptop for school and the ProBook 450 G5 is a top contender. However, customizing it has some limitations. I am able to get everything I want except for an M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD. Yes, I can add a 512gb option in the customization, but HP is charging $462 for this, which is ridiculous. I'd like to buy a Samsung 970 EVO 250gb on Amazon for $78 and once I receive the computer, put the SSD in. First, would this work and, second, would it be easier to clone the HDD that the computer comes with or install Windows to the SSD with a recovery drive?

Celeron models have no M.2 slot. I don't know your level of tech expertise but if you make the HP recovery thumb drive when the laptop is new with just the hard drive in it you can use that to put a factory install onto the M.2. Just remove the hard drive temporarily while you do it as that makes it easier. With a 256 SSD the recovery might not work in which case you can do a clean Windows install using a Media Creation Tool thumb drive made from the Microsoft download site. It will just activate when installed no Key Code needed.

Thanks Huffer, that is helpful. Another question as it relates to the RAM. This is maybe too far in the minutia but I am wondering should I go with single rank or dual rank DRAM? The 8gb (1x8) Crucial module is a couple bucks cheaper in dual rank than in single rank but I have read that depending on the application one can be faster than the other. Do you have any thoughts on that? Also, would it be worth going with 2 modules so I can run dual channel rather than a single module? Would that make a material difference in performance?

Good questions. I would wait until I got the laptop and duplicate the type of memory in it as far as dual or single rank. And yes, you want two modules for dual channel operation. The difference is not tremendous but noticeable particularly on memory intensive stuff like video and photo editing.

The problems are: Windows 10 hangs at the windows logo, the spinner keep spinning for endless and I have to hard-reset my laptop or I can boot windows successfully but the windows can't see the HDD in optical caddy but when i use Seagate DiskWizzard in HirenBoot 15.2, it seem like my latop can connect with the HDD. Sometimes it boot successfully, windows recogize the HDD and I can see the HDD partition in Explorer, but when I shutdow my laptop, and boot it again, windows hang again. If I disable the "Optical Drive" in bios or remove the HDD optical caddy, my laptop boot smoothy. I've tried re-install windows 10 on the ssd for several times but it didn't work.

I've already deleted partition that have the previous Windows on the HDD, upgrade bios (bios v 1.31), turn off fastboot in bios,... Also, I've tried to install both SSD and HDD to another laptop (Vaio) and it worked fine, nothing happened. I wonder if HP Probook 450 G1 doesn't support to use HDD in optical drive.

I took some bios config photos, please check it for me, and a photo a took from Seagate DiskWizard from HirenBoot , this soft can see 2 disks (just only this soft), but as i said, I can't boot successfully or can't see the Disk 2: HDD. And I've fullwiped the HDD using DiskErase utilities in bios, formated it to MBR ( I have to connect the HDD with a sata external and use Mini Partition to do this). I took these photos by using my phone, please forgive me.

The pictures are showing that the 500 gig hard drive has 2 NTFS partitions and then some unallocated space at the end. There is no problem with the way the BIOS is set, except untick CD-ROM boot in the last BIOS screen..

Today I bring my laptop with the optical bay to HP Customer Service in my country - Vietnam. I told they all of my issues, they checked it and said:" Your model doesn't support to use HDD in optical bay".

I can sadly accept the answer but i can't understand that, as I said, some lucky moment, I can boot successfully. I'm not lucky, I guess. Is there anyway I can do, Huffer? Do you want to know what motherboard of my laptop is? I'm hopeless.

No model is designed to have a hard drive in the optical bay it is an aftermarket modification and you could have saved the effort to take it to HP. I personally do not use the optical bay adapters. They are slow but if you just need storage they work for most people. Without being able to get my hands on your laptop or the same model I am tapped out for explanations.

I recently bought a Sandisk SSD and put it into my original HDD Sata3 port. And original HDD I removed from laptop. Then I installed a clean version of Windows 10 without problems , SSD works fine with full speed.

But after I got an HDD caddy for original HDD and attach it into optical disk drive port , I faced exactly the same problem as this friend here faced. I tried every possible solution from BIOS (updating it , changing variables like Boot in UEFI Hybrid mode , change boot order with tons of different combinations )but it didn`t work. Everytime I disable optical disk drive , SSD works perfectly.

And finally I found the solution , actually it is not still a definite solution. I changed SATA speed from 6 Gb/s to 3Gb/s from BIOS settings and voila...now both SSD drive and HDD drive inside caddy works normally. Windows identified both drives and I can access both of them.

So some HP experts could address the solution to this phenomenia ? Why HDD in caddy doesn`t work when SATA speed is in 6Gb/s ? Or solution to this question from another way that how can I activate 6 Gb/s only for main HDD slot (which SSD stays in) ?

I am planning to upgrade the existing hard drive in our laptop to an SSD. Since it is a brand new drive I want to do a fresh install of the operating system instead of just cloning the drive (I have a Win10 USB Boot disk made) to insure that I have a good fresh, starting point.

Is there also a way to reinstall some (but not all) of the included HP apps on the computer? I'm specifically looking at things like Jump start, Support assistant, the HP Audio Controls, HP Smart, and CyberLink Media Player. I suppose I could get away with standard Windows tools for audio and Media player, but I do like the Support assistant and Jump Start as we have several HP computers and an HP LaserJet so it is nice having that unified view of things...

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