Full Guide to Upgrade SSD on HP Pavilion x360 – No Data Loss

Can I upgrade SSD in HP Pavilion x360?

Upgrading SSD on HP Pavilion x360 is a great way to increase the storage capacity of your laptop and improve its performance. In this guide, we will walk you through the graphical steps to simply and securely upgrade your HP Pavilion x360 SSD. Additionally, we will discuss the HP Pavilion x360 compatible SSD. Just keep reading to catch the details of this easy task.

• Preparations before HP Pavilion x360 14 SSD upgrade
• Transfer all data to new SSD with best disk cloning tool
• Replace the current HP hard drive with the new SSD

Preparations before HP Pavilion x360 14 SSD upgrade

To enable HP Pavilion x360 14 SSD upgrade, you need to have the following preparations to be ready.

• Backup data before you start any upgrade process to avoid data loss, cause the process may overwrite the target SSD. You can do this by transferring your files to an external hard drive, cloud storage, or a USB drive.
• Before you start, you should check your HP Pavilion x360 SSD compatibility and choose a suitable SSD for your laptop. You can check the service manual of your laptop model to see which type of SSD it requires.
• Prepare a few tools to complete the SSD upgrade process. These include a small Phillips-head screwdriver, a reliable data transfer tool to migrate all the data to the new SSD.

Transfer all data to new SSD with best disk cloning tool

If you don’t want to reinstall OS and all your applications after hard drive replacement, you can transfer everything from HDD to SSD with specialized disk cloning software, such as AOMEI Backupper Professional.

The Disk Clone feature in AOMEI Backupper enables you to clone all the partitions containing OS on your current disk with a simple process. It support various disk types such as SATA HDD/SSD, M.2 SSD, NVMe SSD, etc. Also, it supports almost all common disk brands, like Samsung, WD, Crucial, Seagate and so on.

Download AOMEI Backupper Professional now and use the following steps to perform HP Pavilion x360 14 SSD upgrade.

*Clone features in free trial can only be demonstrated. Please upgrade for full functionality.

1. Connect the new SSD to your HP Pavilion x360 laptop via a SATA-to-USB adapter.

2. Install and run AOMEI Backupper. Then click Clone and select Disk Clone.

Tip: AOMEI Backupper supports cloning data disks and system disks of all brands and partition styles, such as cloning MBR to MBR/MBR to GPT or GPT to GPT/GPT to MBR directly. But you still need to ensure the partition style of the target disk is compatible with your boot mode (MBR for legacy BIOS and GPT for UEFI).

3. Select the old HDD/SSD as the source disk and the new SSD as the destination disk in order.

4. Then click Start Clone to begin moving data from HP Pavilion x360 HDD to SSD. Optionally, you can edit the partition size, check SSD Alignment for better speed in destination SSD, or choose Sector by Sector Clone to clone all sectors no matter used or not.

5. Wait for the cloning to end, click Finish to exit. When the cloning process is done, disconnect the target SSD from your computer.

Replace the current HP hard drive with the new SSD

▶ If your HP Pavilion x360 has 2 drive bays, and you want to keep the old hard drive as the secondary storage device, you just need to restart the computer, press the required key to enter BIOS and set the new hard drive as the first boot option. After making sure the HP Pavilion x360 can boot from the new SSD, you can also use Disk Wipe feature of AOMEI Backupper to erase the old hard drive and reuse it.

▶ If your HP Pavilion x360 has only 1 drive bay, please keep reading and follow steps to replace the hard drive.

1. Turn off the computer and disconnect all power cords. Open the back side of HP Pavilion x360 with the screwdriver.

2. Remove the battery and then find the location of the SSD slot on the motherboard.

3. Replace the original SSD to the new one. Fix it to the motherboard with screwdriver.

4. Reinstall the back cover of the computer with screws, and the whole process of HP Pavilion x360 14 SSD upgrade is done now.

Wrapping things up

To upgrade SSD on HP Pavilion x360, you can follow the stepwise guide offered on this page. You just need to choose an HP Pavilion x360 compatible SSD, and rely on the powerful disk clone software AOMEI Backupper to transfer all the data from HDD to SSD. In addition, you can also use it to clone NVMe to larger NVMe, make Windows Server 2022 factory reset, etc. There are other practical tools waiting for you to explore!