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Can I put more storage on my old HP laptop?

Can I put more storage on my old HP laptop?

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ZethPlays
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07-29-2026, 08:56 PM
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Hi everyone, I have an HP 15s-du1114TU laptop and I want to add another SSD because my computer is really slow right now. But there are only one SATA slot and no M.2 slots on the board. Can I use that circled red slot in this picture to connect an M.2 drive via a SATA port? The motherboard says Type 1 ProductConfigd/85F5(HP) in SystemInfo. Basically, do you have something like below but for M.2 to SATA?
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ZethPlays
07-29-2026, 08:56 PM #1

Hi everyone, I have an HP 15s-du1114TU laptop and I want to add another SSD because my computer is really slow right now. But there are only one SATA slot and no M.2 slots on the board. Can I use that circled red slot in this picture to connect an M.2 drive via a SATA port? The motherboard says Type 1 ProductConfigd/85F5(HP) in SystemInfo. Basically, do you have something like below but for M.2 to SATA?

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07-31-2026, 10:51 AM
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Welcome to the forums! Check out this video link: https://youtu.be/y7TnmV15dNI?t=251 I had to jump through a lot of hoops to find it. You should know there isn't room for more storage in your laptop right now. But you can just swap out the old hard drive for a smaller, faster SSD called a 2.5" SSD.
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07-31-2026, 10:51 AM #2

Welcome to the forums! Check out this video link: https://youtu.be/y7TnmV15dNI?t=251 I had to jump through a lot of hoops to find it. You should know there isn't room for more storage in your laptop right now. But you can just swap out the old hard drive for a smaller, faster SSD called a 2.5" SSD.

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08-02-2026, 05:41 AM
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Hey, thanks so much! Yes, there isn't room for another hard drive. I figured this would be a new M2 SATA SSD, but it's not going to work out that way.
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Way2Meke
08-02-2026, 05:41 AM #3

Hey, thanks so much! Yes, there isn't room for another hard drive. I figured this would be a new M2 SATA SSD, but it's not going to work out that way.

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08-02-2026, 02:22 PM
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Laptops aren't desktops. You can't just snap on extra gear without any work or space to fit it in. If the computer doesn't have room for another hard drive, you're stuck. To get a bigger or faster one, you'll need to swap out what is currently inside.
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genis260
08-02-2026, 02:22 PM #4

Laptops aren't desktops. You can't just snap on extra gear without any work or space to fit it in. If the computer doesn't have room for another hard drive, you're stuck. To get a bigger or faster one, you'll need to swap out what is currently inside.

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