HP ProBook 4540s adding 2nd HDD / SSD using DVD / optical drive bay with HDD Caddy

[@TheCwab]

Thanks. HM76 has at least two SATA3 ports. However unfortunately on some mobile (laptop) boards the optical SATA port is limited to SATA2. If you have a SSD with SATA3 controller it's recommended to install it in the primary bay to fully utilize its transfers speed and move the hard drive to the optical bay. For the hard drive it doesn't really matter if you connect it with SATA2 or 3. It's not able to fully utilize SATA2 speed anyways. Hope this helps.

[@YourScreamsAreInVain]

Thanks for the video. It helped a lot. To everyone thinking about getting an SSD, do it, it's amazing and worth every penny.

[@karabakhazerbaijan1646]

Hello. Which dimension is supported for HP Probook 4540s and HP ProBook 450 g2 ? 12,7 mm or 9,5 mm? Thank you advanced!

[@catkatmatolyem8400]

Bulabildiniz mi?

[@engaminhassan3750]

Hey friend Thank you 😍 I just want to know what is the size of this caddy to buy it for my this version of laptop plz ? 😉

[@narutokun291]

good day.. can I ask you the size or thickness of the caddy? 9.5mm or 12. mm?

[@azsamsiizbrah]

Is the optical device in this laptop using SATA 3?

[@natanteam]

Good video, but why have you not showed the HDD on windows explorer?

[@mohammadersi5241]

what size caddy did you use?and is it the same for 4545s?

[@sudhakarselva2320]

Is that make any issues in laptop if I add extra SDD

[@vilkas670]

So wait. Other than the 2.5" form factor, the physical dimensions of the hdd/sdd don't matter? There is slight variation after all. I actually have the same question w the primary hdd port aswell.

[@shikoahmed2241]

dont work in my lap i chang but cant open 2 hard jast need one or dont work

[@ahgflyguy]

Great Vid, Thanks! I just ordered one of these from your website. Do you know if the SATA connection in the optical drive bay is SATA II or SATA III on this model (HP Probook 4540s with HM76 Express Chipset) .

[@ldiazmdiaz]

You must copy your old HD image with a (USB to SATA/IDE) cable to the new SSD and a program (Acronis true image) to make it easier if you need those files and make sure it works then delete old files from the caddy and make it your second HD...then follow this video to install the caddy.

[@jbsajol8949]

Caddy 9mm and 9.5mm ?

[@GUCKII]

I will try to buy this. My model is HP Probook 4540s. If this won't work i will say. BIOS newest.

[@Illariagreat13]

12.7mm or 9.5 mm????

[@tenji02]

12.7mm

[@andremiddleton4808]

@@clashunity9511 What size did you order? I'm looking at getting one. Should I get the 12.7mm?

[@clashunity9511]

@@andremiddleton4808 I got the 12.7mm but still haven't checked if it's the right size because I still haven't got the SSD. Can you please let me know if it fits?

[@clashunity9511]

@@andremiddleton4808 it's 12.7mm

[@lillic1997]

is that for hp probrook 450 g2

[@alecjagger7062]

Can I boot a different operating system off the 2nd hard drive like this?

[@alecjagger7062]

Yeah I got it all installed and it works like a external drive but I got windows 10 and I can't find the boot order menu now in my bios. I did a bios update awhile back to fix another issue and never noticed this happened. So now I got to figure out how to boot the new drive with no option to do so in my bios.

hp pb4540s is unable to boot from caddy. I tried 2 different caddies, 5 diffferent hdd and ssd, but no luck, it won't boot. Even after upgrading bios, nothing at all.

[@HazemElsaiegh1]

+Uroš Golob i also tried but in vain :(

[@kcf6969]

+Alec Lacy I already had two drives with operating systems installed on each, Windows 10/Elementary OS(linux distro). I left the Linux in the main HD bay, added the Windows to the DVD bay. Booted up Linux and edited Grub for a boot menu. No issues at all

+kcf6969 That was my initial setup as well (with different distros), I but since I don't use windows more than 1 time a year, and main ssd drive host all data I need, I ended up removing dvd hdd. Shorter battery time and slower access and transfer speeds were mostly to blame. That HD now sits in usb3 case so if I need data I can access it at any time.

[@bostonmwanza6884]

you are genius,,, just what i wanted to learn. thanks my guy. good work

[@jeffryschmidt635]

epic focus

[@USAF_Medic]

Many people do videos on this caddy but never put any link. You have a link that doesn't work. AARRRGHHH!!

[@pallabmahapatra]

Which brand caddy?

[@siriusleto3758]

thanks

[@seifeddine92]

really nice but ithink the 2nd hdd will eat up the battery

[@MaxCE]

Yeah no shit big brain

[@E-bikeolanke]

multibuster size 12.7mm/???

[@tenji02]

yes 12.7mm

[@malikramzan7684]

Thanks bro

[@saiedelseny4535]

والله ما قصرت ..