How to upgrade the drives on a Dell G3 3779?
How to upgrade the drives on a Dell G3 3779?
Good Morning Folks
I'm working on upgrading my 4-year-old Dell G3 3779 laptop. I'm checking if the motherboard supports a newer M.2 PCIe NVMe drive. I have a 256GB SSD as my main drive and also plan to upgrade to a 1TB platter drive. I'm unsure what the best steps are and need advice. I also know the fan is running nonstop, so I should clean inside the case. Thank you for your help.
Thank you for the delayed response. Drive 1 seems to be a 1TB SATA hard drive while Drive 2 is a KBG30ZMS128G NVMe TOSHIBA 128GB model.
I was checking an M.2 and a SATA III SSD, IS THAT FEASIBLE? I'd also need to clone my current hard drive so that replacing the drive doesn't cause data loss.
Yes, that is precisely the combination I was talking about.
For your data, cloning is indeed a valid approach.
BUT...."lose any of my data" must never be an issue. Your files should always have backups elsewhere, at all times.
How much free space do you currently have on the HDD?
the typical hard drive offers 672gb while the m.2 pcie model retains 12gb remaining
The question is about what you're attempting to achieve with these mysterious storage devices.