new m.2 ssd drive install question

[packersfan036]

if I'm putting a new m.2 ssd nvme drive into my Lenovo legion y520 gaming laptop, and I want to install the lenovo factory image of windows 10 onto it with usb flash drive, will it recognize the new m.2 nvme ssd drive? the drive is a wd black 256gb m.2 pci-e nvme drive.

 

[Lutfij]

What drive did you get from the factory? If you're currently working with an HDD, you should back up your critical data onto a removable drive and then installing the M.2 SSD, plug in the bootable USB installer and you should be good to go following through the prompts. Formatting your older OS partition would be a good thing when assigning which partition/drive to install your OS on.

I'd suggest making sure you're on the latest BIOS revision prior to installing the SSD.

 

[packersfan036]

What drive did you get from the factory? If you're currently working with an HDD, you should back up your critical data onto a removable drive and then installing the M.2 SSD, plug in the bootable USB installer and you should be good to go following through the prompts. Formatting your older OS partition would be a good thing when assigning which partition/drive to install your OS on.

I'd suggest making sure you're on the latest BIOS revision prior to installing the SSD.

no physical drive from factory, its a factory image of windows from lenovo to reinstall the operating system.

 

[BadAsAl]

The factory image is stored on a recovery partition on the HDD that came in the laptop. If I understand correctly, you want to install the SSD and then reinstall Windows 10 as it came from the factory, which includes any software Lenovo installed along with Windows 10. You might be able to clone the HDD to the SSD, which will also clone the recovery partition, then boot with the SSD installed and run their recovery to return it to factory.

 

[packersfan036]

The factory image is stored on a recovery partition on the HDD that came in the laptop. If I understand correctly, you want to install the SSD and then reinstall Windows 10 as it came from the factory, which includes any software Lenovo installed along with Windows 10. You might be able to clone the HDD to the SSD, which will also clone the recovery partition, then boot with the SSD installed and run their recovery to return it to factory.

I'm just wondering if my laptop will recognize the new m.2 ssd drive after I install it?

 

[BadAsAl]

Yes it should recognize it. Here is a video of someone installing a Samsung EVO 960 NVMe SSD in that laptop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGMSFM41KZ4C
Which SSD did you get?
Also, if you don't plan to clone I would remove or disconnect the old HDD before installing Windows to prevent any problems with it installing the boot sector to the HDD.

 

[packersfan036]

Yes it should recognize it. Here is a video of someone installing a Samsung EVO 960 NVMe SSD in that laptop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGMSFM41KZ4C
Which SSD did you get?
Also, if you don't plan to clone I would remove or disconnect the old HDD before installing Windows to prevent any problems with it installing the boot sector to the HDD.

wd black 256gb m.2 ssd nvme

 

[BadAsAl]

Sorry, just saw that you did give the model number. That drive should work. The only thing you may have to do is go into the BIOS and make the M.2 slot active.

 

[packersfan036]

Yes it should recognize it. Here is a video of someone installing a Samsung EVO 960 NVMe SSD in that laptop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGMSFM41KZ4C
Which SSD did you get?
Also, if you don't plan to clone I would remove or disconnect the old HDD before installing Windows to prevent any problems with it installing the boot sector to the HDD.

actually I'm replacing the hard drive with a sandisk 512gb 2.5" ssd drive so ill remove the current hard drive then install the m.2 ssd then load windows then install the sandisk ssd drive and I should be good to go, right?

 

[BadAsAl]

Yup, that is how I would do it.