Killer Laptop for $282! HP 14-an013nr - Upgrade the SSD and RAM And You're Good to Go!

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Great laptop for not a lot of dough- the built-in 32GB HDD is a bust but this laptop will allow you to install a new SSD to give you more storage. Might as well upgrade the RAM from 4-8GB as well while you are in there.
First things first - make sure you read the documentation and follow the process to create recovery media that you can use to compeltely reinstall the laptop back to factory settings should you need to do that. If you follow what I show you in the video and you don't have this recovery media you will not be able to get the laptop back to the factory OS. HP includes a 'recovery partition' on the built in 32GB drive that contains the Windows 10 installer files, etc... and you need to create media (like a bootable USB key) to recover should you want to do that. Page 68 of the manual tells you how to do that here: h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/...
So, here are the components I purchased for this build:
Laptop ($199 Amazon): www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Crucial 16GB RAM set ($80 for 2 DIMM"s - 1 for each computer I bought - if you only have 1 laptop you only need 1 DIMM...don't buy 2): www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Kingston 120GB SSD ($35 on Amazon - you can pick your size - I only needed 120GB but I've seen others do builds with 240GB drives. I don't know the maximum size that this BIOS will see - it might be in the manual link above) www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Drive Caddy Tray ($8 Amazon): www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Heres the software I use to create a bootable USB key from the Windows 10 ISO image file: wudt.codeplex.com/

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@ThomMacIntyre 7 лет назад

Please take a bow. My girl got one on sale. It kept running out of space so I had her bring it over. 30GB. Really? Being a long time IT guy I hate doing this stuff in my off time. Being a server guy, I doubly dislike messing with laptops. This was an enormous help.

@KenLince 7 лет назад

Thom MacIntyre good deal...you're welcome...

@trionic5 7 лет назад

I prefer my HP DV6-7213nr that has been upgraded from 4gb to 8gb of DDR3 and has a AMD A4 along with a partially metal build

@tampa687 3 года назад

@@trionic5 late reply lol but i have a hp laptop with a AMD A4 and i just upgraded the ram from 4 to 8 and the performance update from that itself is like night and day

@KenLince 7 лет назад

...just as an update...my kids (ages 6 and 9) have been using these everyday since christmas - not a single problem and the performance is great for what they are doing - watching RU-vid, Netflix and playing Roblox and Minecraft. They both love them.

@robindelaguila9202 5 лет назад

I'm wondering why you took the original sticks of memory into the laptops, there isn't any dual channel memory so why not letting them in ? It's always extra ram :)

@wrengaming1519 3 года назад

maybe its because i have a diferent one (the hp notebook 14-am023nf) but roblox doesnt run well

@SlapTraxxx 3 года назад

my daughter wants it for the same exact thing haha

@Ram-lr6ud 2 года назад

Is this laptop still alive? Btw great video, I got my laptop upgraded

@TimothyGGuth 6 лет назад

Thank you very much for this video, it made my job a lot easier. I did some mods though that might help. The tray supplied by Amazon fits perfectly in the computer case. I found no need to remove the adapter and tape in the drive. Made the installation much cleaner, and is a solid mount that I don't have to worry about the drive coming lose. Also, by initializing the drive as letter D: and reassigning the libraries to D:, I was able to leave the operating system on C: and now as long as the customer stores their data in the proper libraries, C: should not run out of room. Thanks again, gave me some great ideas for future projects.

@BarrowDAMarine 7 лет назад

Reviews of his have sold me on it for my 11 year old for her school laptop. I'm buying it on Amazon with a 64gb mini USB drive, but upgrading that SSD is definitely on my docket. Thanks for the good video instruction. Saved for later.

@DistroUser 5 лет назад

Laid back, informative, and very useful...great job!

@jayalimurong7531 3 года назад

Helped a Lot!!! Followed the steps and am Good!.. Kudos to you Man!

@bandman1967 Год назад

Great video. It gave me the courage to upgrande mine!

@markweaver1012 4 года назад

Just in case anybody's still trying to fix these things -- my wife has had one of these for a couple of years and got to the point where doing Windows updates was impossible. I just finished installing a 500G Samsung SSD, and everything seems to be working great. Here's what I did. I didn't mess with the bios at all. I put the new SSD in an external case I had (although I assume it would have worked just as well starting out by mounting it internally using the connector from the CD caddy). I used Clonezilla (booted from a USB thumb drive) to do a full disc clone from the 32G internal SSD to the new 500G SSD. Then I shut down the machine, installed the SSD internally, and unplugged the cable for the old 32G internal drive. At that point, it booted happily from the large SSD, but because of the disk-to-disk cloning, the main partition was still only 27G on the new drive (leaving tons of unallocated space). So lastly, I used DISKPART to delete the recovery partition on the new SSD, which then enabled me to expand the C drive (using the Windows disk manager) to use the rest of the space on the SSD. Right now, it's grinding through all of the windows updates it couldn't do with the small SSD.

@johnnyringo3365 7 лет назад

Thank you so much for this video. I was starting to give up hope on this laptop due to the internal HDD limitations, but now I can give it a 2nd life that it deserves.

@KenLince 7 лет назад

good to hear - we've been pretty happy with ours - handling the kids just fine.

@Woah7531 5 лет назад

I’ve been looking on how to do this man, thank you!!!!

@oakshillelagh4339 6 лет назад

Hey I just bought a HP Refurbished 14-an013nr from Walmart for 150 bucks put a 8 gig stick of memory in it now have 12gigs of memory,Put in a 256 Gb Crucial SSD drive it works great I now have a fast computer for all my RU-vid HD viewing.

@keltraine 7 лет назад

First off, thanks so much for this very informative video and links Ken! One thing to note, the HP docs linked above seem to be a little out of date as on page 66 where they talk about creating the recovery media it talks about it seems to imply that it can only create DVDs, but when I went to do it just now it just told me to pop in a 8GB USB (mine size) and that it would format it and it's creating the recovery drive on it as I type...

@buutran9131 7 лет назад

Thanks for sharing Ken. I got 2 kids and this laptop seem to be a charm for them.

@KenLince 7 лет назад

awesome - glad to hear it!

@brainiac_brian 5 лет назад

thanks for the video. it saved me from a few good sized mistakes. for me, the whole HDD caddy fit perfect. it appears as if it will not however, looking at the bottom plate cover closely , one of the dividers is shorter... so it holds the caddy down. Just for GP, I did use a small strip of Velcro on the caddy. as far as the eMMC drive, after I got windows installed, i just took one end of the ribbon loose from the mother board. The restore USB kept loading to it instead of the new drive. disconnecting it resolved that problem. THANKS AGAIN!

@dannyg1056 7 лет назад

Thanks for the video. I successfully upgraded my HP 14-an013nr. I ordered an Aireye ssd and installed it with a caddy (no velcro) because it lined up perfectly to plug in and when I installed the backing or bottom, it seemed to actually lock in the caddy so it can't move. The software work was tricky as I first used MiniTool/Partician Wizard with limited success then after reformatting the drive, I retried with Macrium. That worked really well (help from a tech blog). For now, I disable the drive in Computer Manager / Device Management because I could not find that option in the BIOS. Maybe later I'll activate the drive and use it but for now, it will remain unused and ready with the operating system in case of emergency. Because of your video and another's, I was able to do this upgrade. THANK YOU!!!

@KenLince 7 лет назад

Danny G thanks..glad you got it working...

@LanceAvion 7 лет назад

Danny G Link to the caddy? I was thinking of doing this for my younger brother and having a caddy that just fits sounds awesome.

@dannyg1056 7 лет назад

Look for this caddy on Amazon: HIGHROCK Hard Drive Caddy Tray 9.5mm Universal SATA 2nd HDD HD SSD Enclosure Hard Drive Caddy Case Tray, for 9.5mm Laptop CD / DVD-ROM Optical Bay Drive Slot (for SSD and HDD). Its costs $7.99

@dannyg1056 7 лет назад

Lance, you should know that I did open the computer back up to make sure the drive was secure and to check my RAM as I forgot to when first opened. When I was in there a second time, I did use a velcro dot to help secure the drive and I kept it in the caddy as it fit pretty well when the cover was closed and secured.

@mrmojor1s1n 6 лет назад

How did you get the board off the caddy? When I got the highrock caddy, it was riveted on and the board snapped when i tried to remove it.

@nastysdsi 4 года назад

Of course only "Windows Boot Manager" shows up, since you don't have another FAT32 device with an EFI folder. What you should've done is keep legacy support disabled, use Rufus to create a Windows UEFI USB, connect the USB drive before turning on the PC, then select the installer USB which would've run in native UEFI mode instead of BIOS emulation. Delete all partitions on the internal SSD and install Windows on the unallocated space on the new one to let it create the ESP on the new drive automatically. There are many reasons why native UEFI is better than BIOS emulation.

@jennifercarney8657 Год назад

Thank you this is what I did and I was wondering about the legacy support disable. Thank you for answering that for me!

@ankur-chauhan 7 лет назад

Thanks for the video. I am going to dive in and buy this laptop. Hopefully, should be able to pull off all required steps.

@tonynoel286 7 лет назад

Did this work for work you? If so, did did you use the hp recovery media?

@KenLince 7 лет назад

good deal - hope it worked for you.

@ankur-chauhan 7 лет назад

I am facing issues. I installed SSD and I can see it in my win 10 disk mgmt as unallocated. I created win 10 iso on pen drive. Then changes bios legacy support to enabled. Now, when I boot and select by pen drive I get a oragne white stripes:- similar to one posted here : superuser.com/questions/533360/windows-8-shows-orange-screen-with-white-stripes-on-boot I dont what to do. I am stuck. Please help. UPDATE: After investigation, I fixed it. Turns out that my USB installation drive downloaded from MSDN was corrupted.

@Strat09Retired 7 лет назад

Can you tell me the parts you used to convert this, the ram stick, the caddy plug for SSDI to the drive and SSDI drive to use, thanks.js

@KenLince 7 лет назад

its all in the description.

@tonynoel286 7 лет назад

Just as an update, I have been using my laptop everyday after doing this. As a Computer Science major, this works well for what assignments I need to get done(unless I am working with virtual box). Aside from that it works fine, even tried some small games I bought from steam.

@KenLince 7 лет назад

...same here my kids love theirs - they spend a lot of time on minecraft and roblox as well as Netflix...

@mxracingunlimitedltd7784 7 лет назад

This laptop wont work well with virtual box? I would think with the SSD upgrade done in this VID and the 8gb of ram would upgrade this quite a lot..? I was thinking that running a low cpu/ram intensive virtual box system (wins7 32-bit w/ a few special programs) would work no problem. But maybe i was wrong? What should i look for in a laptop spec's to see how well it can be used as a virtual box compatible laptop, for once and a while use?

@cpome7 4 года назад

Great video. Thank you for posting.

@apmessner 4 года назад

I'm looking at doing this to this exact model laptop. Thank you so much for this comprehensive walkthrough!

@japhetgaba2803 7 лет назад

I Was really angry when i realised mine when i realised it only had 30gb space. thanks now i will ask the local hardware shop to assist me

@M4ttlindley 7 лет назад

Ken thank you i will subscribe this really did help me no other guy really did this the way you did good job.

@KenLince 7 лет назад

thanks - glad it helped.

@comeonfish01 6 лет назад

Thank you very much. It took me about 3-4 days for watching and understanding your videos, installing an SSD, and configuring drives. the 32 GB original drive didn't have enough space for Win upgrade, factory reset or creating an install USD drive. I used other laptop to create the USB install drive. This was my first ever upgrade. I think HP shouldn't have sold this with a 32 GB drive. After having poor two quality laptops (dead in 13 months, and this, I never buy an HP again.

@KenLince 6 лет назад

yes, a 32GB drive in this thing is really dumb. The OS and the built-in installer files takes up 90% of the available space...there's no space to install anything else. Glad the video helped.

@comeonfish01 6 лет назад

Thanks again. With your help, Now I have a 32GB eMMC drive (D:) for backup or something

@claytondelanie 6 лет назад

Bought two of these on Groupon. I was even going to buy 2 more this month, but hard drive space would make it difficult if not impossible to do the latest windows security updates. I bought them for around 130 on Groupon I think. That's still an awesome price.

@joshuaross8471 5 лет назад

Good video, but I recommend you keep the 32g drive, make it bootable and secondary and put all the windows installers and drivers on it as a restore drive. My kids are horrible on computers, and I'm always reimaging our drives.

@anniewarbucks1794 5 лет назад

Just make sure to use both RAM slots to enable dual-channel mode and you're golden.

@ToniML200 7 лет назад

Did anyone notice that he was doing the video on a pool table?

@KenLince 7 лет назад

lol what does that have to do with anything?

@ToniML200 7 лет назад

Ken Lince I just wanted to point it out :/ It seemed a wierd and uncomfortable place to do a job like this…

@KenLince 7 лет назад

why would that be weird and uncomfortable? it's a giant table...great workspace.

@ToniML200 7 лет назад

Ken Lince Because it's soft on the edges?

@KenLince 7 лет назад

Tutoriale și jocuri interesante this is weird man...I'm not even touching or using the edges and the table itself is a piece of slate with speed felt...it's a perfect work surface for this job...

@narquattslagg9708 7 лет назад

This is a great video! For at least Samsung SSDs, you can avoid the pain and stress of OS and data migration described here with a free tool from Samsung, called "Data Migration Tool" or something like that. I did not check, but I wouldn't be surprised if other SSD manufacturers have similar tools. The documentation that comes with the Samsung tool states that it doesn't work with other manufacturers' SSDs. So check with the manufacturer of your SSD before you spend money on a migration tool.

@Paolo3346 7 лет назад

Honestly considering buying one of these to have as a backup / programming machine. I am a Mac user and don't have good luck programming with mac unfortunately

@KenLince 7 лет назад

...you should be fine with it for that. I've been pretty impressed with them thus far for the amount spent. My kids beat them up and they are still ticking...no problems. Definitely worth the upgrades though...

@AbelWiekens 6 лет назад

I'm working on a similar HP laptop for some friends, which also kept running out of space. This video has been a great help, so thank you. Does Windows automatically re-activate itself from the BIOS? My friends do not have a code, and their retailer told them this.

@vincents.9221 3 года назад

nice video dude, would you happen to know the maximum read and write speed? and would I be able to run my OS off a hard drive like this if I wanted to ditch the emmc completely?

@mickdu5926 6 лет назад

Hello, We can also use the hdd in emmc of 32gb, and create a recovery partition, or a restore point of the system.

@dctaken 7 лет назад

from what i've experienced, the dvd drive has a screw (port?) that comes off next to where the connection is and you add it to the dvd drive adapter. and it gets installed when you put the laptop back together and one of the screw holes hold the drive in place. I've done this to a laptop i have.

@Godzgood777 6 лет назад

Nice. Thanks a million

@shagstars 7 лет назад

I have bought a laptop with gt 840m 2gb, 500gb hdd, core i3 4005u (its a lenovo) for 263 euros/ 289,99 dollars. It was refurbished but a nice machine for the money!

@reverendaero 7 лет назад

I would so go for a refurbished Lenovo (and have, and am about to do it again for a second laptop) over one of these cheap HP deals, no hate towards the person who made this video (obviously it's helped a lot of people get cheap computers) but I can't stand low end HP laptops.

@ProDigit80 6 лет назад

Would be cool if this was done to the 11-y020nr (with Celeron processor). All that one lacks is SSD space.

@raymundovillar7761 5 лет назад

Gracias amigo.😎

@jj74k 6 лет назад

Great and extremely helpful video, i'm trying to figure out... if I have Linux on a USB 3.0 and run it from there, is it potentially faster than loading the Linux OS onto the built in 32GB SSD, or on an additional SSD drive that can be installed the way you did? Just trying to see which is more responsive as far as read/write speeds (faster bus speed?) and I cant seem to figure it out. Any help would be appreciated. I don't care about the current windows install on it, so I could overwrite it with a permanent install of Linux on the built in SSD, if that's the best way to go. Thanks for this great vid!

@BouviaFamily 3 года назад

If you running a live version of Linux of a flash drive it loads it into ram so it will run fast , you must run a persistent drive on glad if you want to save data, it will ask you. Some nice small Linux is Tinylinux and puppy Linux.

@laintexas6930 6 лет назад

Hi- was so excited to see this. Bought all stuff. Found your walk through on bios and need to have usb boot drive was a little slim. Did amazon prime now to get usb to save media and boot.... didn’t work. Nor seeing 120 SSI. Windows on 32stock SSI and nice 32 g Samsung usb. You still out there? Can’t imagine drives and allocated spaces issues to come....you are anyone with advice to finish this?? So disappointed.....

@DavidWilliams-du8hw 7 лет назад

Great video! I have the HP 14-an012nr. Do you know if this video work for that model, too?

@jacobsmith1912 4 года назад

They are the technically the same model just release different dates, I realise that this was posted 2 years ago but I was just scrolling through the comments and found yours

@abdullahsaeed11 7 лет назад

Do you have a link for the SSD connector you used? Or does it come with the laptop?

@LordHeisinger 6 лет назад

I was wondering where you can get one. The one I have does not come with the connector though.

@particktaylor8310 6 лет назад

Thats awesome. This should work for a 14-bw065nr as well?

@cerealtoast 6 лет назад

Ken Great Video, Did you have to buy another Microsoft Windows 10 key?? Or did the the laptop have the key on it so you could use that when you installed Windows Thanks!!!

@KenLince 6 лет назад

I already had another key so doing a complete reinstall worked for me.

@jeffreyleekaminski221 6 лет назад

will this process work for the 14-ax030wm...?. .storage and ram ive been told are soldered to the motherboard.. thank you

@abbaszadeh194 6 лет назад

But can it run crisis?

@pmasterk 7 лет назад

thanks for the great video and instruction. i'm not a computer person, but am going to attempt. at the end of the video you said to install some drivers (audio,video,touchpad). how do I know which ones are needed? I see many on the hp site. thanks again

@KenLince 7 лет назад

you're welcome - on the hp support site just type in this model number and it will come up.

@impermanenthuman8427 6 лет назад

Once you have spent extra money to upgrade the ssd and ram, wouldn’t it be more cost efficient to buy a better laptop with that extra capability already installed? Or possibly a late model second hand one but swap out an older tech hdd for a new ssd?

@bandman1967 Год назад

I see you say start from scratch but how did you get the windows back on? Did you use the same serial number from the 32 GB drive?

@paulchambers8270 4 года назад

After you installed windows to the ssd and rebooted did you have to change the boot order if so did you then see the new drive in the bios? I have done a similar mod to a hp stream 14 which has the 32gb eMMc on the main motherboard although i had use an adapter connected to the wifi port but it just gave me no bootable device even though windows finds it no problem.

@pippyt7745 7 лет назад

3:19 "Real carefully" *CRACK* *BANG* *WAPOOSH* XD

@dancemaniaco 7 лет назад

In a country where everything is sold at a price of "burned matchstick" do not worry about those details !!

@jgoulds6469 7 лет назад

Ken, would you mind giving a brief step-by-step for using the backup tool mentioned in the comments?

@KenLince 7 лет назад

I didn't use it. It's in the manual on how to do it. It basically creates a bootable USB thumbdrive that allows you to restore the machine should you need to. All the OEM's include the OS install files on a recovery partition in lieu of shipping DVD's, etc... to save costs. So, it's up to you to make the disk. Again, I didn't do it so I don't have any instructions on it.

@petelaudi1087 3 года назад

I have two of these for my twin 12 yr olds. I have watched your video and have done all the same upgrades. Great! And thanks! I have one specific question: For fun, I put the leftover 4 GB ram stick into the second dimm slot in both laptops and the bios "recognized" it as 12gb. So, is this actually the case or is the bios giving me wrong information? And if I leave the 4 GB stick in, will effect performance? Would really appreciate your input! Thanks...

@petelaudi1087 3 года назад

Oops...will it affect performance😎?

@thekillorderltd194 6 лет назад

Thank you you saved my laptop. Now i have a 480GB SSD but i ruined the rubber feet on top of the screws. Anyone know where to find replacements? Sucks to not have them as it scratches the bottom. I know, cheap laptop, but I like to take care of my stuff. Thanks!

@wendydiaz3216 5 лет назад

Hello, I have already installed a 500 GB HDD thanks to your video, buy a caddy and install it, now I have another problem, I would like to change the SDD for another HDT of 1 TB, my question is if in the space of 32 that They bring them normally I could put an HDD ?? Thank you!!!

@larstomasson9244 6 лет назад

Great information. I just bought this model and and am about to add more storage and I have a couple questions.1) you are connecting the 2.5" SSD to the DVD SATA connector rather than the hard drive SATA connector (which is what the stock 32GB eMMC is connected to). This may be the reason the drive does not show up in the BIOS. Also I believe the DVD port uses the simpler IDE commands rather than the higher performance ahci mode. Do you think you are loosing any performance because of this? Why not install the SSD in place of the 32GB eMMC module as HP intended using part 815139 001?2) Why didn't you add a 4GB memory to the existing system to get 8GB?Thanks for your help.

@lt5550 5 лет назад

Todd Sing Could you please list the part you used please or place a link to the cable? Thanks.

@dragunovbushcraft152 5 лет назад

According to Crucial, you can use both ram slots for a total of 16gb/RAM. Just sayin'

@mustafaahsan1999 3 года назад

Crucial told me the motherboard supports a max of 8GB. So u can only add 4GB to it. I wish someone could confirm what's the right answer here.

@dragunovbushcraft152 3 года назад

@@mustafaahsan1999 This is from Kingston: www.kingstonmemoryshop.co.uk/laptop/hp/hp-14-an013nr-laptop There is someone on HP forums who says his has 16gb also.

@mustafaahsan1999 3 года назад

@@dragunovbushcraft152 thank you for the response. Did u decide to upgrade to 16GB? if yes, how was the performance?

@dragunovbushcraft152 3 года назад

@@mustafaahsan1999 16gb isn't necessary for the weak processor, and I actually upgraded one of these for a family member. Difference in my upgrade, is I removed the "drive" from it's case, but installed it the same way. I installed 8/RAM. The only difference between 8gb, and 16gb in this machine, is when using it on-line. You'll be able to open pages a little faster. Not fast enough to spend the extra Ducket$.

@johnnyappleseed5476 6 лет назад

Anyone know if this upgrade work on the "14-bw010nr" what i assume is the new edition?

@davidbernasconi8409 7 лет назад

Great video. I followed this until you buttoned it up. Did you disconnect the EMMC drive? The reason I ask is I can't get the BIOS to recognize the new hard drive that I've installed win10 onto. It doesn't show up in the BIOS boot os drive to select to boot off of. How did you install win10 onto the hard drive? Thanks DAve

@KenLince 7 лет назад

I mention this in the video I think - this is a weird BIOS...first one I've ever seen not show a new drive while editing the BIOS...but then it shows up during the Windows install. No idea how that could happen but it did for me. I didn't see in the BIOS either and decided to just start the Windows install and see if it showed up...sure enough.

@TruthLivesNow 6 лет назад

Another alternative is to install Linux, get a 64 bit edition, (Lubuntu is what I use), through the USB drive, take the option to make the entire HD a Linux. Download VirtualBox. Take out your old Window XP O/S CD out. Get an external DVD-RW hooked up. Allocate to the new O/S about 256 MB or the 2 GB RAM. Lubuntu runs super on 1,750, and XP runs super on 256 MB. Make the Hard Drive folder around 1 TB for Windows XP. Put all your older Windows programs on the Windows XP VirtualBox. Update to latest SP3, Browser, ETC. What you will have is a super Internet with Lubuntu, and your old Microsoft versions. You are only going to use this for Internet surfing at McDonalds, but this is all for free, except for the time. I did this with a Toshiba, Celeron, 2 GB, 32 GB, clearance $105.00, installed XP...OK...I am a little weird, I also installed Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0, but it works perfect.

@Catherine-sz6bx 3 года назад

Hello, I could use some help. I got all the way through until it was time to boot up with F9 and select my new drive. It showed up as the third option, like yours, but when I select it I keep getting the message “No bootable device-insert boot disk and press any key”. I figure I must have installed it correctly for it to show up as an option? Any advice? Thank you!

@mgilbertbigapplenyc 6 лет назад

Hi, I have purchased an upgraded (SSD Drive) hp 14-an013nr, can I just add an additional 4GB memory stick or do I have to replace the stick it comes with with an 8GB stick. I am not clear on the channel modes so not sure if it relates to this. Thank you for the info and great video!

@KenLince 6 лет назад

I can't remember...buried in the posts somewhere I put a link to the guide from HP (you can find it on their site by searching the model number) and it will tell you what the memory configurations can be. IIRC, you need to have two of the same sticks so that's why my recommendation was a 8GB kit.

@lamaroglesby295 6 лет назад

didnt understand the reason for a usb stick? i have upgraded laptop with ssd and memory, how to boot i dont understand

@julessalditos4343 3 года назад

Hi, I have hp 14-bp0xx It comes with a SSD but I am wanting to add a second HDD that I have laying around. I've taken a look and there is space to add a 2.5" HDD, just wondering if you could help me out with what cables/enclosures I would need to get it working? There's is space for a HDD but I can't see where to connect the drive.

@1xxxtylerxxx1 4 года назад

This is the exact same computer that I have. Perfect!

@lt5550 7 лет назад

What is the highest hard drive this thing will take? and what is the largest Ram upgrade this thing will take? Are the laptops still working? great video by the way

@TheMrgoodmanners 5 лет назад

i bought a similar one at frys electronics, gave me 500GB of disk space

@nananasasasa5211 5 лет назад

The short answer is 8GB. The easy answer is 8GB on one module - if you don't have time to open the case before you order. The expanded answer is that the memory controller is built into the CPU and Intel capped this Celeron at 8GB of total system RAM. The on chip memory controller has 2 memory access channels (I checked - good news) but some of these HP Stream 14's come with motherboards that only have one memory slot soldered on the board - which has a place for it but the 2nd plastic socket was left off). Because of dual channel memory access, a 4GB + 4GB (two 4GB modules for 8GB total bought as a matched pair) would be best. But if the board is one of the unlucky ones with just one plastic slot, a single 8GB module is the only way you can go.

@alanjslv 3 года назад

I had a cpu that just stopped holding charge . I think the motherboard got messy up. So I got this laptop past down from my sister. Can I just take the ssd and the hard rive from my old one and do the same?

@daltonetzel2383 5 лет назад

Yeah I've tried upgrading and idk what to do now lol. Plugged in SSD and nothing happens. Hard drive space is full and it doesnt let me set anything up. Not on a USB not on ssd

@GeoInFiniTive 6 лет назад

Hello, could i install a single Crucial 16GB Single DDR3L 204-Pin SODIMM Memory in that laptop , would it work? thank you in advance.....

@phillipfogle9921 5 лет назад

Did u ever try this?

@TheBunker1776 6 лет назад

I recently purchased this laptop and then cloned and installed a 250G SSD, but didn't realize that windows hadn't installed all updates. Problem is that there isn't enough drive space on the 32G drive to complete the updates. How should I proceed??

@MrWilburlandaverde 4 года назад

@austin pilot did you use a different frequency (mhz)?

@Dcthetruth85 4 года назад

And his laptop looks like mine but with no Hard drive in it just the m.2 sata SSD that's 128 gb. I was hoping it had a HD to be able to clone stuff on a bigger m.2 storage. I don't know if you removed the CD drive and put a hardrive in place of it but if that works I'm trying it.

@nsmith2908 7 лет назад

Thank you for making this video. Are there 2 memory slots or 1? I noticed in another amazon review that the person said they upgraded to 8gb via 4gb x 2. I was just wondering if I could just buy 1 4gb and use the existing 4gb.

@KenLince 7 лет назад

I checked the manual (in the description above there's a link) and it looks like it does support 4GB x 2 configurations. It would not however support a 8GB + 4GB combo (total of 12GB) it's pretty specific on what it can handle. Supports up to 16 GB of system RAM in the following conƭgurations ● 8192-MB total system memory (8192×1) or (4096×2) ● 6144-MB total system memory (4096×1) + (2048×1) ● 4096-MB total system memory (4096×1) or (2048×2) ● 2048-MB total system memory (2048×1)

@keltraine 7 лет назад

Think you're missing a line there Ken: Supports up to 16 GB of system RAM in the following conƭgurations ● 8192-MB total system memory (8192×1) or (4096×2) ● 6144-MB total system memory (4096×1) + (2048×1) ● 4096-MB total system memory (4096×1) or (2048×2) ● 2048-MB total system memory (2048×1) ● 16384-MB total system memory (8192×2) from p2 of h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05227925 fyi

@fredhamilton1701 7 лет назад

Yes, but at the bottom of page 1 you can see that there are checkboxes for Discrete graphics, UMA graphics, UMA, onboard mem eMMC, UMA onboard mem, HP 245 G5, and "onboard mem eMMC" (which I believe corresponds to the 14-an013nr) does *not* have a checkmark. So those bullets may not (probably don't) apply. That is some seriously shitty documentation HP's got there... Would be great to know what RAM configs have been confirmed to work by users. Looks like we have single 4GB and single 8GB. Anyone got 4GB + 4GB working?

@pushdam 6 лет назад

There are 2 memory slots. I bought one 4 gb memory and put it in the second slot to make it total 8 gb. My new 4GB one is Crucial, different brand from the existing HP memory but it seems to work perfectly fine. I also added 240 gb SATA drive and now it’s a great computer!

@the1waffle4all72 5 лет назад

@@pushdam So 4gb x2 worked for you? That's a huge relief. I bought another 4gb but then I heard it won't work so I was panicking.

@sportyloh 6 лет назад

Installed the new ssd & ram bios recognizes new ssd in legacy but not boot manager. I did a media recovery on a usb and tried to reinstall windows on new ssd got some errors cannot get it to boot from new ssd only the 32gb hd. Unplugged 32 tried again and shows no bootable device. What the heck do I do now? I can get it to run fine off the 32 and set everything to store to the new ssd but the 32 is pretty full and I would rather not have it on there at all. Do I need to get new Windows recovery media:( I am not at all very savvy with the programming part. This laptop was already set up so it has not quite worked out the way yours did. Any help would be much appreciated:)

@surfacewisllow7781 7 лет назад

i put off my hp 14-an013nr for three days and now am putting it, it nt booting. pls help me

@lemajonewama 3 года назад

Hello can you tell me where I can get that adaptor for the hard drive. Can you provide it

@Godzgood777 6 лет назад

When you told the system to boot to the USB, did you have Windows preloaded onto a USB drive?

@KenLince 6 лет назад

correct. I had an ISO image (a file based version of a DVD) of Windows 10 so I used this tool to create a bootable Windows 10 USB key. www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool

@notokay2485 5 лет назад

If my screen turn black after installing new ram, what should I do?

@howtobecometoolkit 4 года назад

Can i add ssd and leave my old hdd to laptop? I have the same laptop as you.

@minhphuongtruong3768 5 лет назад

I have a laptop hp 15 ac 021tx and my problem is that I changed ssd wd green 240gb in HDD bay, it worked well. However, the HDD 1TB put in caddy bay could not be recognized in bios or win10. I uninstall SSD and using only HDD in caddy bay, in this case, HDD worked well. Both HDD and SDD are installed win 10. Please help me fix this error. “ sorry my English not good”, thanks for all suggestion and helping!

@RPJ2 7 лет назад

As you mentioned, the caddy enclosure is useless. In this case can we not connect the SSD drive directly or do we necessary need the interface? If yes, what ssd interface should I purchase?

@MightyHawker 7 лет назад

You need an adapter to convert 13 pin SATA (which is what typical notebook CD rom drives use), to 22 pin SATA (which is what SSD drives have). This caddy is a cheap way to get such an adapter in the right form factor. You could probably find other 13 to 22 pin SATA converters (which is what I think you mean by "interface"), but most likely they will not fit inside this laptop.

@lt5550 5 лет назад

When you did a clean install of windows 10 on this pc did you get rid of all the bloatware that hp preinstalled? How did you get back all the HP esential software that you needed to let the laptop run properly? Tried cloning and did not go so well, so it looks like I might have to go the clean install route. I just want to make sure that by instaling a fresh windows 10 copy I will not be missing any vital hp files. Thanks in advance.🙏

@KenLince 5 лет назад

with the latest builds of windows 10, all drivers, etc... are PnP. You shouldn't have to install anything specific from HP to get proper video, audio, chipset drivers, etc...

@lt5550 5 лет назад

@@KenLince Thanks. I did notice that, so does that mean I can completely format that 32 emcc and if I need to reinstall windows in the future I should get the same results? What does PNP mean? Thanks again for all your responses🙏

@KenLince 5 лет назад

@@lt5550 PNP = plug and play. The problem with the 32GB embedded drive is that it includes all of the recovery partition files required to completely reinstall the system. That takes up gigs of space and is partially the reason why right out of the box you almost have a completely unusable system because there's no storage space left for any apps. If you completely reformat that you'll lose the recovery partition. But, you don't really have to worry about drivers and such - those are plug and play - i didn't have to install any additional video/audio, etc... to get everything working .

@weirdTubo 6 лет назад

What is this connector thing for the SSD drive? Was it included in that frame that doesn't work? Can I get it separately?

@brentlichtenberg 5 лет назад

look on www.newegg.com they had everything I needed.

@blkirk6471 6 лет назад

I've been looking for a similarly upgradeable 2in1 laptop I could upgrade, since I do a lot of graphics work. Any suggestions?

@Hue_Nery 4 года назад

Avoid HP at all cost. Even a Dell would be better. Way less work to upgrade. These laptops are practically disposable. If you want a cheaper laptop, look into the lower end Lenovo. If you are doing graphics, save your money for a decent i7 based laptop with a dedicated graphics card. You'll still want to upgrade to an SSD. Spend the money on a good machine rather than a cheap laptop like this. You will regret owning one of these. Too slow for what you're using it.

@yourpcmd 7 лет назад

You could have used the 32 Gb disk as a recovery drive or backup drive.

@KenLince 7 лет назад

I could have used it for a lot of things...again, I was giving this to my kids so to keep things simple I disabled it...the SSD I put in has more storage than they could ever possibly use so there was no need.

@walldoo99 6 лет назад

The 32 was configured from the factory to handle the cache, not to be used as a hard drive

@thelastphoenix6398 6 лет назад

Ken Lince I whent through 1tb hdd in a month (me and school work plus light gaming lol)

@jm036 4 года назад

@@walldoo99 It's shit for cache, way too slow.

@ashwinaugustus 6 лет назад

Hi, Just now i asked to the consumer support people, they said that we can't upgrade the storage of hp 14-an013nr. Y those said like this?

@oscargallardo1546 5 лет назад

Anyone knows what's the thing with the single channel, I don't understand, in other RU-vid video, the guy put 16 gb of ram, but then he said that as the motherboard was single channel just 8 gb going to perform better, so what's up? Doesn't work? Or work under performance?.... Or just is a waste of money put 16 gb of ram?

@Dazedd 5 лет назад

Even though its probably not worth it, is it upgradable to 16gb?

@james5995 7 лет назад

Nice video. What is the blue tool with the hooked edge and where can I get one? Thanks!

@KenLince 7 лет назад

grab a cell phone repair kit off ebay or amazon - they'll all have something like this - it's used to get the phone cases open - it'll work fine.

@james5995 7 лет назад

Nice. Thanks a lot.

@chrismitlyng1411 2 года назад

Hi Austin, Are you still managing the comments in this thread? I had followed your tutorial here on installing the hard drive SSD and it shows up in my “disk management” file but not sure how to move Windows from drive to drive. Can that be done internally? Right not it shows Disk 0 and Disk 1 but it’s unallocated.

@KenLince 2 года назад

There is no easy way to "move" the OS to the new drive. Best bet it to simply start over - get a USB key, grab a free app called "Rufus" to make a bootable USB from the Windows 10/11 ISO imagine you can download from MSFT's site. When you install - choose the newly installed SSD.

@louisax4058 2 года назад

6:05 how do i know if my board is a single channel board?

@jeff7461 4 года назад

Do you know if this will work on the 13-an010nr?

@oscargallardo1546 5 лет назад

Will the exp gdc work on this laptop?

@pariss5202 6 лет назад

can you replace cpu (its stuck on)

@djo9277 7 лет назад

Thanks, great video. I'm still a bit confused about booting to the new SSD. I had planned to migrate the 32gb emmc to a samsung SSD, than installing the SSD. If I remove the 32gb emmc, will it then boot to the new SSD? Or do I have to change the boot setting in the BIOS? If so, how do I change that in the BIOS? THANKS!

@KenLince 7 лет назад

As I mentioned in the video this appeared to be a weird BIOS in my experience. It wouldn't show the newly added drive but Windows would pick it up during the install. I have no idea how that's possible but it was. In my case, I just pulled the plug on the internal drive that came with the laptop so that it wouldn't even show up. After the Windows install it would be safe to reattach it since Windows already has the boot record set and you don't have to worry about the BIOS trying to default to that drive. Your experience may be different but I had two machines and had the same situation with both.

@djo9277 7 лет назад

thanks,Ken. I'll give it a try.

@emanuelescannavino227 2 года назад

Hi man i have an question can i do this in Acer aspire a114-33-c28d? Good video.

@KenLince 2 года назад

No idea...

@rayreeves4681 7 лет назад

Im slightly confused. From what I can tell you have a win10 usb that youre using to install win10 on the ssd. What if I have to clone/ transfer from the copy on the drive installed? Could you point me in the direction of a tutorial on how to do so? appreciated

@KenLince 7 лет назад

I didn't use this process so it's not documented in the video nor do I have any experience with this. I'd recommend reading the published documentation/manual for the laptop - it details the process you go through to create the recovery media. I can't add anymore than that.

@KidScoville 5 лет назад

In the off chance you happen to revisit this tutorial - I "thought" the HP Stream 14" I had would be the same as in this video. Sadly not. I have a model 14-ax030wm. Same 4GB RAM and 32 GB HD. Would you be able to tell me if there is anyway to upgrade with an ssd on this particular model similar to you on yours? Please and ty for any useful replies.

@KenLince 5 лет назад

no idea bud. Sorry.

@MowerModdin 7 лет назад

It's not a hard disk drive. The storage found in that laptop is cheap eMMC storage, which you can also find in older high-end/newer mid-range phones and tablets. You could say HDD but an HDD would almost perform better here....