Hello everyone! I am a complete noob when it comes to computers and don’t really know much but I had a question about upgrading storage. I recently picked up myself an HP OMEN 30 L gaming desktop which came with a 1 TB HDD and a 256 GB SSD already installed. The pre-built-in SSD is a 256 GB Western Digital SN530 SSD and it is fitted into the m.2 slot. My question is if I wanted to upgrade it to a 1 TB SSD (this is the one I am looking at to replace the 256 gb one- ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YFFX5M...olid=3GONJ0SK91JLV&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it ), is it as simple as unscrewing the old SSD from its slot and just plopping in the new one and screwing it on?
I also saw a whole thing about copying what's on the SSD and cloning it to the new one? I don’t really understand what that is about and got a headache thinking about it. If someone would be able to clarify; is windows 10 and all the programs that came with the PC fresh out of the box on the SSD? Would just plopping in a new SSD in the slot where the old one was do any harm? I would appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction as I am completely lost. Thanks so much!
This is the PC I had just picked up yesterday at Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-30l-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-7-series-3700x-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-1tb-hdd-256gb-ssd-black/6402514.p?skuId=6402514
I also saw a whole thing about copying what's on the SSD and cloning it to the new one? I don’t really understand what that is about and got a headache thinking about it. If someone would be able to clarify; is windows 10 and all the programs that came with the PC fresh out of the box on the SSD? Would just plopping in a new SSD in the slot where the old one was do any harm? I would appreciate it if someone could point me in the right direction as I am completely lost. Thanks so much!
This is the PC I had just picked up yesterday at Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-omen-30l-gaming-desktop-amd-ryzen-7-series-3700x-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-1tb-hdd-256gb-ssd-black/6402514.p?skuId=6402514