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Can I put a new m.2 and have my old one working as well?

Hank03
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So, basically my laptop got a 1TB HDD, I'm planing to get a M.2, Can i have my OS and all the important stuff in the M.2 and keep using my old hard drive? If so how?

 

(and buying new M.2 what should i look out for?)

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Does your laptop have an m.2 slot? Does it support NVMe, SATA or both?

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On 10/5/2019 at 4:04 PM, doomsriker said:

Desktop or laptop? and what is the model and specs?

laptop, asus vivobook x505z

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On 10/5/2019 at 3:07 PM, Kilrah said:

Does your laptop have an m.2 slot? Does it support NVMe, SATA or both?

i know it has a m.2 slot but not sure if support both NVMe and SATA, how to check?

 

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2 minutes ago, Hank03 said:

i know it has a m.2 slot but not sure if support both NVMe and SATA, how to check?

 

https://www.quora.com/Does-ASUS-VivoBook-15-X505ZA-have-M-2-SSD-slot

 

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Answer: Yes It does support both SATA III m.2 and NVMe SSD m.2 (Even though the post features a Slightly different model with the same layout of the ssd Slot and all, exactly the same bios) (The Notch on the right a.k.a ‘M-key’ side makes sense).

 

But I can't find if it has 2 M.2 slots.

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18 hours ago, Tan3l6 said:

But I can't find if it has 2 M.2 slots.

why do i need 2?

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The way you wrote your title question "Can I put a new m.2 and have my old one working as well?" suggests you already have an m.2 and want a 2nd, so some people are going to read that and not see the detail in the first post.

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Desktop: i9-13900K, ASUS Z790-E, 64GB DDR5-6000 CL36, RTX3080, 2TB MP600 Pro XT, 2TB SX8200Pro, 2x16TB Ironwolf RAID0, Corsair HX1200, Antec Vortex 360 AIO, Thermaltake Versa H25 TG, Samsung 4K curved 49" TV, 23" secondary, Mountain Everest Max

Mobile SFF rig: i9-9900K, Noctua NH-L9i, Asrock Z390 Phantom ITX-AC, 32GB, GTX1070, 2x1TB SX8200Pro RAID0, 2x5TB 2.5" HDD RAID0, Athena 500W Flex (Noctua fan), Custom 4.7l 3D printed case

 

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Then I should have asked how can I transfer my OS from my old hard drive to a new m.2?

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