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Introduction

The M.2 NVMe solid state drive is the fast storage from which your laptop boots into the operating system. A faulty SSD will cause failure to boot. You may also need to upgrade your SSD if you run out of fast storage. The main drive in this laptop is the NVMe drive, which is fast storage to run the operating system. The laptop also has a secondary storage hard drive which is slower to run programs.

Before using this guide, make sure your issues are not caused by something easier to fix. If your laptop is failing to boot, make sure it is fully charged and has an operating system installed. If your laptop is just running slow without your file manager saying that the SSD is out of storage, you will not fix your issues with this guide.

This guide requires only the use of a small Phillips head screwdriver and you can complete it in just a few minutes.

Before beginning, make sure to power off your laptop completely and disconnect from the charger.

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Step 1

              M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive
  • Place the laptop with the bottom panel facing up.
  • Remove the single screw to access the bottom panel.

Place the laptop with the bottom panel facing up.

Remove the single screw to access the bottom panel.

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Step 2

  • Place a finger under the screw location and move it around the edge to pry the fourteen clips out.
  • There are six clips on each side of the panel and two on the edge by the screw.
  • Remove the bottom panel.

Place a finger under the screw location and move it around the edge to pry the fourteen clips out.

There are six clips on each side of the panel and two on the edge by the screw.

Remove the bottom panel.

Step 3

  • Locate the M.2 drive to the right of the battery, below the hard drive.
  • Remove the screw on the edge of the drive.

Locate the M.2 drive to the right of the battery, below the hard drive.

Remove the screw on the edge of the drive.

Step 4

  • Lift up on the edge of the drive where the screw was.
  • Grab the drive by the two long edges.
  • Pull the drive out.
  • Note the keying on your new drive; it will only go in one way.

Lift up on the edge of the drive where the screw was.

Grab the drive by the two long edges.

Pull the drive out.

Note the keying on your new drive; it will only go in one way.

Step 5

  • Angle the new drive and insert it into the slot.
  • Apply pressure down on the screw end of the drive.

Angle the new drive and insert it into the slot.

Apply pressure down on the screw end of the drive.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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