HP 15-CS Laptop - How To Remove HDD and Install SSD

In this video, I show you how to take apart the HP 15 CS series laptop, open the housing, swap out the HDD hard disk drive for a SSD solid state drive to make my laptop fast and put it back together again.
as well as create a Windows recovery disk, reinstall Windows from the recovery disk and get your PC back in working order as quick as possible after installing the new solid-state drive.
even if your laptop is not a15c s series, this video applies to a lot of laptops in the same Hewlett-Packard family of laptops, this is the newest version of the house laptop series.
if you only need to know how to open or take apart the laptop then that is the first part of the video you can stop there, putting it back together is the reverse order of taking it apart.

[@dquez9]

My i5-cs0053cl is identical to this, but doesn't have the dual fan setup...but it has the space for it. Has anyone upgraded to the dual fan that is shown on this video? I know 2 fans would be louder but also cooler I'd think...

[@unicorns8418]

the blue one has a gpu in it and the silver one is just integrated graphics the blue one is also more expensive

[@fahed_sebai]

It's not louder at all, and my laptop never heats, so it's a win win situation

[@unicorns8418]

@Fahed Sebia Where did you find the fan header part for the dual fan setup the default silver hp with integrated graphics doesn't have the gpu fan header.

[@admirmehic8552]

@@unicorns8418 Blue? Silver? What are you talking about? I also have only 1 fan and supposed integrated graphics.

[@unicorns8418]

@@admirmehic8552 That means it's the silver one

[@dn120721]

My upgrade went as per your demo except the recovery step process failed at about 10%. I was able to hook up the old HD via a USB housing and clone it to the SSD. Everything works great and the PC is nice and "snappy fast". :) Thank you very much for posting this. Fantastic demo.

[@josepablocruz6812]

I just changed my HDD to a SSD 870 EVO following this steps for the same laptop, it’s indeed faster, thanks a lot.

[@bcGrover1]

Thanks for taking time to document this. The opening case part was extremely helpful!

[@HookItUp]

Your very welcome

[@frustr8dgolfur]

By far the best instruction I have seen out of at least 9 - 11 videos that I've watched. My laptop is very similar. 14" version and I actually am sitting here having purchased the same SSD yesterday. I did make the recovery stick today. Great detailed steps here. Bought another RAM chip to stick in the empty slot I have. I see you have two, probably 8G each.

[@angelmcclelland599]

what RAM component? is it universal, the sticks? I wanna make sure they are compatible with my own. I have the same build. "15-cc563st"

[@Toonmedic]

Thank you so much for this video. I followed it to the tee, and now my laptop is a beast. I could not be happier, thank you again!

[@jacquelamontharenberg]

Very well done. I have installed SSDs in PC towers but never a laptop... Big help for me. Much appreciated. Thank you.

[@Agret]

Taking apart a similar but not indentical HP laptop and your video helped me with those screws hidden under the feet. Wouldn't have thought to check them myself. This laptop had 1 screw under each of the four feet so had to remove them all. Thanks from Australia. 🦘🐨

[@stevematthews7813]

Great video and exactly what I was looking for. The back on my laptop didn't come off nearly as easily as your video showed and I may have given up if I didn't see your video. Thank you so much!

[@waffles602]

Thank you for this! My OEM disk drive was killing performance, to the point I was ready to buy a new laptop. But decided to replace with an SSD after your comments about the OEM drive. Decided right then and there to try an SSD and recover. 100% fixed the issue.

[@charleshines8523]

If you can go with NVME it will feel like a different laptop

[@malcolmstephenson556]

Short, Sweet and to the point! Excellent tutorial! Thanks so much for a great job 👌

[@foscamramos7390]

This is one of the best tear down videos ever. You sir, are awesome!!

[@bdatta1982]

Fantastic video, done so well, explained everything in layman's way. Very useful. Thanks so much Sir!

[@channelnameanddescription8999]

Dude you are a life saver, was replacing my hdd and I followed every single step and it worked god bless

[@wolfhowlex]

I wish you had made this video earlier. I got mine just a few months before you posted this and there were no videos on it at the time. Guess who had to learn the hard way . On the bright side, almost two years later im still in love with it. Still fast as a whistle with no problems. Although Im sure ill need to replace the battery soon.

[@wolfhowlex]

I dont remember making this comment but guess what. Im in the process of replacing this pc's battery right now lmao

[@IslandSpirit35]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! I just received my Samsung 1TB SSD and USB stick to make the recovery OS and popped in the new drive just like your video shows and BOOM....I have a new fast laptop. THANK YOU SOOOOO much. Outstanding job.

[@walkerdaniells9537]

Damn man I have opemed up so many laptops and this one stumped me for a while......thank you for making what SHOULD be a powerful laptop, actually that. Ive had 100% disk use for too long and now it is finally the machine I always needed it to be.

[@oxdoc]

This is exactly the video I was looking for. Absolute legend!

[@soshiangel90]

A very helpful video. I have no intention of doing it myself but I love to know what the professionals will be doing when I take it to them. This was clear and easy to follow and showed me that for someone used to doing it there isn't too much they could easily screw up. Also...boy the difference a couple years makes! I'll be getting the 870 EVO 1tb (maybe the 2tb) and also at microcenter it's $65 (2tb is $120)

[@michaelevans1600]

Great video. Thank you for showing how to get into this laptop without breaking anything. Taking the laptop all the way to recovery was also helpful.

[@HookItUp]

Thanks!, Glad to help. Yeah the recovery makes the whole process very quick and easy, and believe it or not a lot of people don't know about it.

[@boboskee]

Thanks, that was EXACTLY what I needed. My HP Pavilion just went out of warranty, so now it has an SSD.

[@mikeschmidt4800]

Lmao, mine too and hdd immediately took a dump.

[@serenityedits1857]

@@mikeschmidt4800 yeah my died today. But it started with long boot times and programs crashing left and right. Ill have to save up for an ssd i guess

[@mherrera7111]

I have an Hp Pavilion 15-cc023cl and it looks almost like this one. But I followed all your steps and it works like a charm. I really recommend replacing your hdd with an ssd.

[@Doggieman1111]

Thank you for this extremely detailed tutorial!

[@BikeLifePinas]

this is quite helpful. I have a new version of this one for 2020.. so I think this gives me an idea how to deal with mine. Thank you

[@Elephame]

Thank you so much for this video! It made a daunting task so much easier! Honestly, the hardest part was removing the back of the computer!

[@dannymunevar4480]

Awesome! This computer was a great price at costco for an i7-10th gen, lots or ram, and slim. 5400 rpm hd ruined this computer though. $75 later for a 500gb ssd and its super fast. I had no idea windows recovery was so good for swapping to a smaller HD! Thx for that tip!

[@HookItUp]

Completely agree!!. That's the exact reason I picked it up and swap out the hard drive.

[@jc9561]

Great video, so easy to do w/o extra cables etc to buy. FYI - you might wanna add a close up of the 'clips' on the undercarriage so we know what we are looking for when opening up the computer. I ended up breaking one on my computer -no big deal, its still snug. Thanks again.

[@TheTrain2002]

does anyone know how the rubber feet feel after put back on? I have been wanting to upgrade my laptop but I do not want the feet coming lose

[@MrRamguerrero22]

For traveling, can you insert a sim card with this laptop pc for internet access?

[@marcocatalano3239]

Hi, is it possible to have the exact measurements in millimeters of the screws for the display hinges of a Pavilion 15 cs3054nl? thank you.

[@safwan8270]

pls reply, can i connect external gpu to the m.2 ssd slot thanks

[@santipadula5102]

hi! what happens to the usb drive once the instalation is finished? can it be reformated? and also how would you reformat the old drive? thanks!

[@farommaxx]

how to put An SSD disk and recover to factory windows. a whole new life for my HP15-cc533nz! Thanks a lot dude for this well done video tutorial !

[@HookItUp]

It's crazy how much faster it is, it feels like a desktop.

[@FeelingShred]

do you guys recommend this model? does it have overheating problems? I want one for running Cities Skylines, which is not heavy on graphics but makes the CPU run at 100% all the time

[@zulfugarhuseynli4858]

Extremely Detailed tutorial! big THANKS!

[@amirulhafeez9833]

May I ask something, I did exactly as your video shown but when I am doing the part 10:11 recovering your PC, it goes randomly around any percentage and it says like "there was a problem resseting your pc... " and it went back to 9:55 choosing the recovery drive... And it goes again and again, now I'm totally stuck and screwed

[@nicknwo4life]

Thank you, I was having trouble getting that back panel off, you show how perfectly, thanks again

[@marcocatalano3239]

Hi, is it possible to have the exact measurements in millimeters, of the screws, head diameter x length, for the display hinges of a Pavilion 15 cs3054nl? thank you.

[@addirey]

I have bought the NVME M2 SSD and will take out the Hdd and follow the same procedure as showed in the video. Thanks for the video 👍

[@markdawson25]

Just leave the 1TB HDD in there for storage. It's a great Toshiba drive.

[@raymondbrowning6250]

My laptop has a DVD drive. Do I remove the cover first or is there a trick to remove it. I took all the screws out and the DVD drive will not come out. Another video said that one of the screws help in the DVD drive.

[@kimfred7743]

Thank you very much for this really helpful video!

[@IslandSpirit35]

FANTASTIC JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My HDD 1TB in this laptop just died and I will give this a try. Outstanding job. Thank you. I subscribed too.

[@davearnold731]

Great video, thank you for taking the time to help all of us.

[@HookItUp]

Thank you

[@chilechocodiva]

Thank you for this tutorial. I was actually looking for a video that would show me how to open the laptop so that I could access the battery. This showed me exactly how to do that. But what a pain in the rear! Do you (or anybody else) have any idea why HP made the laptop so difficult to open?

[@APL6526]

Thank you, great video, needing to check cooling fans & this nailed it!

[@guillermolopez8398]

very helpful, thank you i will change my hdd for a new ssd

[@wilterurzola7938]

How I can add a new fan cooler?, I need to dismount the original and buy 2 same fan models or what?

[@RiteshSingh-wz9ex]

thankyou for this video i have one query that while upgrading can i add another ram of same sepcifications upside down in the same slot? that whether i can add the new ram along with the previous one- is there space for 2 or just one? or i just have an option of replacing the previous ram with the new one?

[@PL-lt3wz]

Thank you for a great tutorial video on changing the internal drive of a hp laptop.

[@Your.Majest.y]

Clear, right to the point. I like the different angle recording, well done. I just have a small question here. Is it okay if i rely on the partition recovery located in my hard drive instead of making another one on an external drive? ( I couldn't access the "create recovery drive" setting for some reason, it does not open at all)

[@wailik2381]

This is the best for recovering data!! Thank you so much!

[@HookItUp]

Your welcome, yes I agree, Louis rodman was just talkin about that not many people know about the recovery feature. I guess he was right because I didn't know about it either before

[@gonzalo7458]

i have a hp cb001la, can i install a ssd with a hhd, without replace the hdd?

[@Romster41]

Thanks, very well put together tutorial. Now off shopping for an SSD

[@HookItUp]

Thank you, it's completely worth the money, it makes the entire PC blazing-fast. I'm thinking that's how they keep the cost of the laptop low. But I'm glad it helped

[@curtisj2165]

I'm off to buy one too

[@mothi-here]

@@HookItUp sir. Pls reply What are the name of other two cable which is in the side of hhd cable ... And what's their uses

[@josephfrancis1502]

Hi thanks for this info can you tell me where the Cmos battery is located? Thanks

[@lalalaurensmith]

These instructions were great to get the bottom off to clean my fan Thanks

[@dabronzo]

how long for the computer to turn on after? mine is taking a while

[@John-gg5sv]

hie sir .. i ve HP pavilion 15 cs 1000 tx i want to add Ssd in the extra port given in it ... can you tell me does it support Nvme m.2 ssd ..or just Sata m.2 ssd ?

[@xskunkx215x]

where can I find the hdd mounts? my HP uses the m.2 ssd and I would like to add a second storage device

[@deaneng8540]

Great job explaining. Crystal clear! Thanks.

[@jasperong9439]

I have the same model laptop however after taking out all 6 screws, I found it very difficult to open it and am afraid to damage the laptop itself, is this due to something?

[@MarkRampersad]

There’s an available M.2 drive slot - would you add the Intel Optane Memory to the laptop?

[@alexk1289]

Thanks from Vladivostok! Wow you are cool. Спасибо!

[@josemanueljuarezhernandez1408]

Good video, greetings, friend. Excuse me could you tell me what is the part number of the heat sink?

[@lukewilliams3779]

Thanks for the video. Really struggling to get the back off even after removing all the screws.

[@helheim8028]

Luke Williams how did you get it off I can’t seem to figure it out

[@brando485]

There are snap clips all way around. Gotta carefully go around entire back

[@GabrielMendezz]

hey I'm trying to take off the bottom of the laptop, any advice, is imposible to take off the corner...

[@harnoorsinghreen9894]

I have misplaced the rubber tips do you know anywhere where I can find the rubber feet?

[@christopherlenahan3906]

lol, just baught a used cs-3023ca. waiting on delivery and looking up upgrade paths... Heya Warped Perception :), got your voice in the first sentence :) haven't even looked at the digits. Thanks for the help man.

[@jorgebaezaguilar6633]

Thanks you so much! I needed to open my laptop due to a problem with the fan (silver version)

[@MasterCheese987]

What screwdriver do I need to use for this? I really don’t know pls help

[@HD-mm1iz]

@Hook It Up, do yo unot have to remove the DVD/CD drive first, before remove screws and the bottom of the laptop?

[@Staylecrate]

Great video. A I always worry when I encounter these panels that snap in, thanks for showing where the clips were. Some are on the case and some are on the back panel and I didnt want to break any or damage the case guessing. Mine was really snug even on the back. B awesome detail explaining for people that wouldnt be as tech savvy. You pointed out a all the key details on this model if you were to replace the HDD. C those Samsung EVO's are great, I couldnt tell if you got the 850 or 860.

[@bramguy50]

I followed everything you said and now my laptop wont start. I took it to a repair guy and he says the motherboard is gone and cant be fixed. Are you aware of where I might find a similar motherboard ? I looked all over the HP site and there doesnt seem to be anything there. I dont know what I am looking for except motherboard. thanks

[@mycarealtor]

Trying to find a battery replacement for my HP 15-cs0073cl. Not finding a brand that specifically lists this model. Any recommendations?

[@muzhalani]

Backing up Windows, does it copy other third party softwares? My HDD reach almost 300 GB for all software that I have installed. And how about the files and document? Do they backed up as well, or not?

[@ThatAwkwardGirl7]

Thank you! This seems like a much better (and cheaper) option than buying a new laptop.

[@markdawson25]

But it was a new laptop :)

[@kristopher9531]

Is a little wait worth replacing an entire laptop??

[@quamehleti9817]

Please do more of hardware videos I love this video it has helped me a lot thank you

[@carlocruz4814]

Hi, I just got a HP 15 CW1010LA, it comes with a 512gb PCIe drive which is a samsung mzvlb512hajq. It should have the 2.5 hd bay empty so I want to put a 1tb samsung Evo 860 there as a second drive. I have a question, maybe this laptop comes with the sata flex to connect the new drive or will I have to buy it too? And if so, what are the specs of that flex cable? Or does the 860 evo 2.5inch come with the flex in the box? I hope you can help me. Thanks!

[@HektorBandimar]

Very good tutorial, interesting information, thanks for posting.

[@DragonDaSilvahas_massive_chode]

wait- im confused- HP Pavilion 15-cs2031na Full-HD Laptop Says it has SSD and no HDD but in this video its the same model? if i brought the Cs2031na would i still have to get SSD?

[@BaconFaceMcGee]

Will this method to open it work on the HP- Pavilion 15-cc055od?

[@michaelbrooks2094]

I have a HP 15-cs0051wm does it fit a 2.5 7mm or 9.5mm hard drive?

[@miguelpereira2193]

where i can buy de hdd basket case for the hard drive?

[@adraidok]

Would be great to have more information on the hard drive's actual sata connector or where to find parts. I ordered two and none of them fit.

[@admirmehic8552]

QUESTION.... I have the similar (a bit better in specs model) but it's LOUD af, like an airplane engine initial start. Was that noise HDD or was it fans, I still have the warranty so I don't want to open it up.

[@JuanPabloJonesR]

I want to add a second hard drive for an HP hp-15gw0013la for that I think I would need a bracket and rubber piece like the one that you showed on your video, do you know where I can get those parts to upgrade my pc, thank you.

[@lalitjeengar3858]

Can we place m.2 sata or NVMe SSD into this laptop ? because have the same. My laptop came with 128GB SSD, but I don't know it has which type of SSD connector.

[@AhmedSalah-cs8jk]

I like your video, You don't how much you help me. You keep my time and safe my laptop 😅. I LOVE YOUR VIDEO ♥️❣

[@KingCharismaPro]

Quick question: does this version of HP Pavilion 15 have a CMOS battery? I’ve been trying to find it, so I can reset the BIOS after a failed update, but I can’t find the darn thing.

[@iplayloud2]

Can I just do a fresh Windows installation? Will it pick up the serial from the bios automatically?

[@usamaali4142]

my laptop has only 256 SSD built-in, I want to increase storage, what about installing an HDD, coz it will cost low?

[@mikeepstein9988]

Thank you. While my HP was a bit easier to remove the back, your explanations helped a lot. Unfortunately a credit card wasn't stiff enough to pry off the back but a very thin bladed slotted screwdriver worked OK. Added a Samsung EVO 860 and cloned using Acronis True Image 2021. So far so good. Thanks again ... a really great video.

[@luke4001]

You just saved me $150 from having a pc center do this… thank you! Excellent tutorial, layman’s terms, slow enough to understand. One questions, should I disconnect the battery before removing the drive?

[@robertmccracken6930]

No, you don't need to.

[@FlorinS2011]

Hello sir. I have a new hp 15-dy1024wm notebook and I need to add an internal SSD storage disk. My favorite is like yours, the EVO 860. We opened the notebook for adding + 8 GB of RAM and I only saw a big empty space there, no enclosure seat for the disk and no connecting ribbon/bracket similar to the one in this video. Could you be so kind and indicate me this SSD ribbon bracket part number, brand whatever could help me to buy? There is not any base to hold any disk, any enclosure or side disk supports as you are showing, the 2 ones by side, could you please indicate me how could I find this? Many thanks in advance.

[@Darkhold_User]

great demo, just one more question: if you want to keep all your documents that you had before you upgraded your laptop, how do you do that?

[@shoneicaaustin366]

hi greetings,i'm kinda new to the computer world,but can u tell me how can i go about upgrading my RAM for the HP Pavilion Laptop Model 15-cc610ms?

[@PatHiggins-Mayo]

Lovely tutorial. Question.. I have a wired printer attached to the laptop and initially used the accompanying cd to install the software. If i made a bootable drive, would that transfer the printer software over as i cant find the cd and Brother doesn't show it on their homepage anymore.. Thanks in advance

[@Swampert_Tube]

What are the length of the screws for the hard drive caddy? Asking for future reference

[@digantasarkar2150]

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[@HookItUp]

Thank you, I'm glad I can help, I looked up for videos on it before I did it for the first time and I couldn't find anyting, that's why I made this video

[@miguelestrella8806]

How did you put both fans on the laptop? on the minute 5:46 . I'm pretty curious about that and I would like to know if I can buy them in some place in order to upgrade my cooling on my laptop.

[@Isaac-vy9bx]

After I installed the SSD and booted with the recovery drive, I got a blue screen error saying “There was a problem resetting your PC. No changes were made”. Did I not create my recovery drive properly?

[@kelvinkobe571]

Hey, how do I get to know if my laptop has an ssd slot? The Pavilion you used in this video, does it have an M.2 slot?