Question Needed disconnect battery in a laptop and particularly in a Dell laptop to replace NVMe with a bigger NVMe drive

[lse123]

Needed disconnect battery 🔋 in a laptop and particularly in a Dell laptop 💻 to replace NVMe with a bigger NVMe drive?
Dell Vostro 5370

https://dl.dell.com/content/manual33154277-dell-vostro-5370-owners-s-manual.pdf?language=en-us
Working on your computer p. 7
says About:
Before working inside your computer
But Not say anything about battery disconnect... well...?

 

[COLGeek]

To be safe, remove/disconnect the battery.

 

[kira-faye]

You're supposed to, and yes, it can potentially cause a problem...

... But I've swapped many laptop drives over the years without disconnecting the battery and got away with it.

Will you? No guarantee.

In most machines it's pretty obvious which connection you need to pull.

 

[lse123]

NVMe drive will initialized and format to be used as system drive by windows 11 usb stick, correct, and not needed initialized before installing, in another PC, correct?

 

[Zerk2012]

NVMe drive will initialized and format to be used as system drive by windows 11 usb stick, correct, and not needed initialized before installing, in another PC, correct?

Probably not going to work at all when you put it in another PC.

Sounds like your still trying to beat MS at their own game.

 

[lse123]

I don't mean, that...
I mean the new disk NVMe, will it initilized & format during Windows 11 Pro installation - when boot from USB Stick Windows 11 drive ? This new disk, Not needed first initialized, and format, before insert in the laptop, correct?

 

[COLGeek]

I don't mean, that...
I mean the new disk NVMe, will it initilized & format during Windows 11 Pro installation - when boot from USB Stick Windows 11 drive ? This new disk, Not needed first initialized, and format, before insert in the laptop, correct?

Yes. If the SSD is detected by the BIOS, it should be available to accept a Windows installation after booting from the installation media and going through the install process.

In case you need it:

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[lse123]

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In case the NVMe needs initialized can done via cmd from boot installation media by run cmd prompt diskmgmt.msc ? How access CLI from boot media?

 

[lse123]

Additionally, to enable Secure Boot, can be done from BIOS, correct?

 

[lse123]

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[lse123]

https://www.dell.com/support/manual...258b8d-dc8f-4d55-97c8-3cec2fb560a4&lang=en-us

Point (7.)
If press power on on the Laptop 💻 normally, it will not Startup?