Hp Envy Aio 27-b255qd Upgrading

I am upgrading my Envy and have some ideas and questions I'd like to run by you guys I have a small M.2 NVMe 512GB and am swapping it out for a Samsung 970 EVO PLUS SSD M.2 1TB. I'm hearing a lot of conflicting answers to my question. This is disk 0. Now disk 1 is an HDD. I've been told that i cant remove it because the disk 0 M.2 NVMe requires it to operate right. Now I know that the M.2 NVMe are fairly new and I think this is why i'm getting so many different answers. I think that's a bunch of bunk. Why couldn't I replace the disk 1, HDD , with an SSD? In fact why couldn't I put another Samsung 970 EVO PLUS SSD M.2 1TB, just like disk 0. Or is that an bad idea, having 2 SSD's? I've heard it both ways and I really do need to get the facts because I'm ready to do this and make some purchases. I don't want t0o purchase crap that won't work.Do those new drivers an M.2 NVMe require a HDD to operate correctly? I just figured that when I get it torn apart I might as well change that HDD for an SSD. I'd really appreciate some input here. I forgot all about you guys and it just hit me tonight. Daa....what better of a place is there to ask questions like this but right here. The place I trust most. Thanks guys

 

As I understand it, you can install the M2,and use your old hard drive/ssd for storage. According to Samsung- you can migrate the system to the new drive using Samsung's migration tool https://www.samsung.com/us/computin...ssd-970-evo-plus-nvme-m-2-2-tb-mz-v7s2t0b-am/
Again, If you are upgrading to a larger ssd, then the speed is more from the operating system part of the system, so as second ssd seems overkill, - if you want to try it, why not use the migration tool, and , if you have the slots, leave the existing in,and see how it runs as a backup, or, data drive

 

Thank you for the fast reply. I have an M.2 that is small (512GB) and that's the reason i'm doing this. I'm not out of space yet but approaching it. That's where i'm putting in the Samsung EVO PLUS 1TB . On my second disk I have tons of space. It's a HDD not an SSD. That's the question I had, could I change out that HDD for a SSD and what advantage or disadvantage would that be? I'm leaning towards just leaving it alone. It has 1TB of storage on it and I don't see where having a SSD on a drive that does not support your O/S has any advantages? If so, I'd appreciate you time and knowledge. Oh, I do have the Mini Tool and can clone , etc. if needed Thank you sir.

 

jimmyjetson - That was my thought, too. with the existing hard drive. Of course, cloning the smaller ssd, and keeping it , is a good backup, too.

 

Yeah after some consideration, I'm just going to keep my HDD and upgrade my small M.2 ( its only 512GB) to a larger and newer M.2 I'm putting in an samsung 1TB, EVO plus, M.2. It's a really good disk. Highly rated. My HDD has 1TB for storage, that should be sufficient. Thanks a lot for your input there my friend.