HP 250 G6 Laptop - How to change or upgrade the hard disk

[@Schnitzer325ci]

Thanks. This definitely helped, but note to those following .. there are three tabs at the back near the battery area, you need to unclip otherwise they will break, as I painfully found out.

[@mummoorthy6511]

Thanks for video support assembled 👍

[@EstoYOtro]

An outstanding video. Clear instructions (in a nice, understandable English, you are British? Well, I guess the Brexit doesn't prevent you blokes from contributing :-) alongside good and supporting images. One of the best I've seen. And no annoying music!

[@GrayFox391]

Thanks for the tutorial, I only replaced the HDD but my laptop is much faster now!

[@pixieandpenny]

Excellent video. Made the job very quick and easy. Thanks for sharing your skills and knowledge.

[@freename]

My pleasure and thanks for taking the time to say so!

[@lorenzobusin718]

Thank you ;) I have to replace the HDD of this Notebook today. It's the most complicated HDD replacement I've ever seen on a Laptop, when I changed the one on my Asus it took me 2 minutes

[@freename]

I'm glad it helped and thank you for saying thanks

[@lorenzobusin718]

@@freename I made it ;) Thanks again, good job 👍🏻👍🏻

[@mcnamaraky]

Many thanks for the video showing how to disassemble this laptop in detail. Such a shame that it takes this much work just to access the hard drive or RAM: most laptops I've had prior, even things such as netbooks(!), never were such a pain in the ass to access the hard disk or RAM. Not sure why HP did this, other than to dissuade people from taking it apart to encourage them to buy another laptop from them which has the drive/RAM you want, but is marked up more. Such a pity that they make it so difficult to reach these parts. I doubt anyone who wants to upgrade it will be stopped by this, just irritated, and I'd wager my bottom dollar that the people who ARE dissuaded by the steps to disassemble this laptop probably wouldn't be attempting to disassemble it in the first place, and THOSE are the customers who would simply buy a laptop that contains the parts that they'd want instead of trying to upgrade it, wirhwe vwxUsave themselves the headache). Just a kinda bass-ackwards is my point: those who are dissuaded, probably wouldn't have taken it apart in the first place, even if it was simpler, and those who are willing to take it apart, despite the difficulty, and simply are irritated by the annoying steps that are required to access basic components like the hard drive/RAM. Again, as I've stated, I've had tons of mobile computers over the years: laptops, quite a few netbooks, etc. and I cannot remember any others that were this annoying (not difficult, just annoying) to disassemble. Maybe ONE of the netbooks had a similar difficulty, but that was because some of the parts, in particular the Wi-Fi components especially the antenna, were on the side along the edge of the LCD. The rest, accessing the hard drive and RAM have always been fairly simple and straight forward: usually just a single panel that covers the RAM slots, and a few screws and another panel to cover the hard drive area. None of those needed me to pry the parts apart with a card to something like that. Anyway, thanks again so very, very, much, for a nice detailed, yet simple, video showing how to take this apart in the best fashion. Much appreciated. I'm upgrading the spinning rust drive in there to an SSD later on. Been meaning to for awhile, just needed to wait until the person didn't need access to the PC for a day, as it might take that long. It's an older SSD, but even a first gen older SSD will be light years faster than spinning rust, ESPCEIALLY if its a 5400RPM drive (I THINK it's 5400 RPM, but I'm not positive. Even if its 7200 though, the old SSD will still be much faster. Thanks again! Best of luck going forward if you are trying to make it in the youtube world.

[@freename]

Thanks for the thanks :)

[@mrlukaaaaaa]

Tnx for video.Please tell me,what type of ssd i need to bay?2,5 inc sata or ATA?best regards

[@freename]

SATA. Nothing uses IDE/PATA these days.

[@gabidumitriu3820]

subscribed, liked the video. it definitely eased the process of upgrading to an ssd:) thanks

[@freename]

Thanks for the thanks and as noted - subscription to the channel are the best way to return the favor :)

[@noelreid9278]

This video was very helpful. Thanks alot bro.

[@freename]

Thanks :)

[@Qberty13]

Thanks for the video. Was really helpful since this laptop was really hard to remove all these staff just for a disk replacement LOL. I only had 1 problem when i tried to put the CD-ROM back. You seem to do it after all the other plastics and cd-rom just got inside really easy. I did exact the same way (even the screws with the same order) but the CD-Rom somewhere stacks and cannot get inside. Any help would be really helpful. Thanks again in advance,

[@freename]

The CD drive will have a little metal tab at the back which slides under the screw hole on the plastic case - which you then screw the screw through to keep the drive in place / so it doesn't fall out. Make sure that nothing is in the way of where that metal tab would end up. Often means you've put a screw back before it needs to be back or something somehow has got in the way.

[@richardmendoza7004]

Did you have a video on keyboard top cover replacement?

[@freename]

Sorry, I don't :(

[@JuanPabloGalanzini]

Hi, thanks you for the video. Can I put a SSD and the original HDD? My laptop hasn't the DVD drive. Regards

[@freename]

Only if the DVD header is there or if it has an m.2 slot to put an SSD on.

[@JuanPabloGalanzini]

@@freename Thank you. I haven't the DVD header. Thus I will have to buy a bracket and cables to can use the secondary HDD.

[@TheRapThug]

Hi Could you do a tutorial on how to fix the hinge on this laptop ?

[@freename]

Sadly no. This isn't something I've done with that model of laptop.

[@billm.700]

Good One. never would have found those hidden screws

[@freename]

Yep. And they keep moving around under different sticky bits on different models.

[@xXMandyXx3]

Can I put a hp ProBook 450 g3 hard drive from in a laptop into any other device to transfer data? I've tried to replace the hhd into another hp laptop but the drive wasn't compatible... The laptop I took it out of has fully broken and I want to retrieve the files etc from the HDD... Any suggestions?

[@freename]

I don't know, sorry. I've not seen one of those computers.

[@nebojsateofilovic381]

Is it possible to install aditional graphic card in this laptop?

[@freename]

No

[@massimopecile9666]

i want to change my hdd in to an ssd, i want 500gb more or less, which model of ssd is compatible?

[@freename]

Any 2.5 SATA SSD.

[@abdulkarimbayassi6621]

I have a question, i have the same laptop ( hp 250 g6 ) i3-6006u but without cd drive slot ( or m.2 slot unfortunately ) , although motherboard have a slot for the cd drive ( but no connector ) if i bought the connector ( that have ribbon cable and connector) would i be able to install a caddy or at least an hdd ? Please elaborate with me if that's possible

[@freename]

It is likely to work if the motherboard has the ribbon connector but the case did not come with the ribbon to CD SATA connector. I can't promise.. but if it were my laptop, that's what I would be trying! Note that the DVD drive connector is not a standard SATA connector.. so you would need the ribbon cable and then a caddy to convert from DVD to standard SATA (and also hold the drive at the same time).

[@yootuhyoob341]

Yes good as disassembly videos go, thank you. The unit I dismantled didn't have screws under the rubber feet and some small variations but the jist of it was the same so will subscribe because I found this very helpful.

[@txble4897]

I would like to know where to go shopping for new hard disks. I am not sure If the ones i am finding are compatible

[@freename]

I probably used B01N6JQS8C from Amazon UK. If your system is the same as the one in the video then any SATA SSD should be fine. Remember that once fitted you need to install your operating system again as the SSD you buy will be blank.

[@txble4897]

Does it matter if it is a 255 g6 and not a 250 g6

[@freename]

@@txble4897 As long as where it plugs in, inside, looks the same - then shouldn't matter at all.

[@mahmoudfekry8777]

I have g6 that dosen't have CD driver and i want to add not replace the hard disk. Please advise

[@freename]

You can try a DVD caddy to SATA converter but they don't always work reliably. Also if you don't have the DVD drive then the header on the motherboard may also be missing!

[@mahmoudfekry8777]

@@freename thanks a lot

[@alessiolanzillotta7929]

can I put a m.2 ssd and the original HDD? thanks

[@freename]

I don't remember but I have more to take to bits later this week and will try to check if it has a slot.

[@freename]

Here are photos of the motherboard: image.prntscr.com/image/n5sK08FkTtaL615pvgqWtQ.jpg image.prntscr.com/image/dBJJ89EEQIazTGn7pt8zhg.jpg image.prntscr.com/image/twNC2R4TQvGeOFZ3go1zEg.jpg It doesn't look like there is a spare m.2 slot on the boards in the machines I have. If you look between the CPU+RAM and the large keyboard ribbon cable there is in fact a "JSSD" port solder pads on the board, just no connector. And, if you could in return for the above.. :D please subscribe - the subscriber count really helps small youtube channels like mine.

[@alessiolanzillotta7929]

icannotgetafreename really THANKS! YOUR ARE THE BEST! you have a new follower ;)

[@freename]

Thanks for the thanks :D

[@al3xtt]

I have a different model of HP250 G6. I took some pictures of the MB just for comparison: prntscr.com/jbxj7p prntscr.com/jbxk3k No M2 Slot unfortunately! :(

[@senors1241]

It got faster with the ssd compared to the old drive?

[@freename]

Absolutely. Using a computer without an SSD these days is so slow.

[@luca4147]

How do you install OS when changing the hard drive?

[@freename]

Use another computer to download windows 10 Media creation tool to make an USB install stick

[@BorvinKracman]

Thank you - very usefiul.

[@freename]

:)

[@antoniogiannone5796]

Thanks a lot! Wonderful tutorial and very usefull

[@freename]

I'm glad it was helpful :)

[@Mehesiii]

How can we change its processor (same model)

[@freename]

It is incredibly unlikely that it is a "socketed" processor. It is more likely BGA soldered onto the board. If this is the case you won't be able to change the CPU without a BGA rework station. If you want it to run quicker for loading up programs changing the hard disk to an SSD will make a massive difference. If you want to speed it up for things like games - you are better off buying a computer with a higher spec processor and its own graphics card rather than trying to upgrade this laptop.

[@davidyoung800]

Great vid . thanks

[@freename]

Glad to have have helped:)

[@ORALZZZ]

what type of ram does it take?

[@freename]

Select the make and model of the computer on www.crucial.com

[@mauropitmau]

What is the max memory support

[@freename]

Sorry, I don't know the answer to that question :( hopefully someone else can help.

[@SoopaFlyism]

8GB

[@al3xtt]

Please see here the max RAM supported depending on the model you have. prntscr.com/jbw3x9 (updated comment)

[@QldTechie]

Thank you for showing us this

[@freename]

My pleasure, thanks for the thank you and I hope the video helped you. It would be really helpful to me if you could subscribe! KZbin seem to be deciding to gauge how popular channels are (and if they can make money from adverts) on the number of subscribers rather than video views. Any extra subscribers would really help me :)

[@DANIELFS97]

my dvd drive doesn't come out, any tip??

[@freename]

Try My Computer, right click on the DVD drive and click Eject or a Paperclip in the hole near the eject button should manually eject it..

[@DANIELFS97]

thanks for the answer, was able to get it out after puting a lot of strenght to it, was kinda scared to break it haha

[@Montyaxs]

Thanks bro, you da plug!!!

[@aissachikhaoui3855]

Can't change the cpu

[@mackubecka]

Thank you

[@freename]

:)

[@pinking9088]

Thank you for this Video. Works fine for me with a HP 255 G6 Laptop. Same screws on the same places...😁

[@freename]

Thanks for the info :)

[@ferasmuteb8405]

Thanks so much :) i will try it soon

[@freename]

My pleasure. If the video has helped you it would be really helpful to me if you could subscribe :) thanks!

[@roxxotr4131]

Info 2.5 inç?

[@freename]

Yes

[@roxxotr4131]

icannotgetafreename Thanks broo ♥

[@ChristopherSmithie]

Thanks man!

[@freename]

Thank you for taking the time to say thanks!

[@no_UA_war]

I added 4 Gb RAM, so upgrade was successful

[@freename]

Great to know. Glad it helped

[@no_UA_war]

@@freename I watched another video 📹 before upgrading, but anyway good job, thanks

[@bariscacan]

wow

[@SoopaFlyism]

Bad design! Why HP for the love of god whyyy. My old laptop has seperate lids for the memory and HD. Only takes 1 screw to replace the memory.

[@freename]

I agree. Guess it cuts down on the production cost while also making the laptop obsolete sooner for all the people who are too scared to try to open the laptop to upgrade it.

[@KingHaggis]

This laptop was a b**** to open. The plastic was very tight.

[@freename]

Yes, horrible things to work on. An old plastic card really helps especially of you use rough ground to taper one corner so it's easier to get between the two parts of the case.

[@minduton]

insane, shit HP

[@freename]

Yep