HP ENVY 15 t-j100 (E2E34AV): msata SSD in the Envy laptop

Hello

I would like to install an msata SDD in my laptop, I know that I have an empty msata slot, but it is intended to be used for fastboot files (according to my manual). If I put my own 256 GB SSD there, it will be usable for startup?, or I can also store files user on it?

Thank you very much in advance!

Dear customer,

Welcome and thanks for posting your query on the Forum from the HP Support

The mSATA port on the motherboard can be used as a cache drive to a hard drive with an operating system installed on it for him to give a performance boost.

Cache drives are mainly used by people who cannot afford a large SSD to install their o/s and the most frequently used on programs.

I'm sure that the port of mSATA is used strictly to cache of a HARD drive with an operating system installed on it and we cannot use mSATA as first SSD to store files on it

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