Windows 10: Upgrading my HP Pavilion 27-r014 all-in-one desktop from HDD to SSD questions

I have a HP Pavilion all-in-one desktop, Model 27 r014 with Intel Core i7-7700T,CPU speed: 2.9 GHz The hard drive has failed and I appreciate the advice I received in this forum on troubleshooting the problems.


I am now replacing the 1TB HDD with a Samsung 2TB SATA SSD. My questions are:


1. The computer came with a 1TB HDD and a 16 GB NVMe M.2 TLC Solid State Drive, which I assume was to speed bootup and other processes. If I am now going to a 2TB SSD, should I leave the16 GB NVMe M.2 TLC Solid State Drive in place or does it now slow down the processes by getting in the way? If it is better not to have it, should it be physically removed or should it be disabled somehow?

2. What is the best and safest way to partition the 2TB SSD? Should I create a 50GB? partition for Windows 10 and put everything else in a D-Drive partition?


3. The HP desktop came pre-loaded with HP software as well as Windows 10. I always thought the HP software slowed everything down. Should I load a clean Windows 10 install, or should I also load the HP management software?


Thank you

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HP Pavilion All-In-One 27-r014 gets bricked trying to apply a recent hardware driver update - Windows Update is installing it

Driver Intel Corporation - SCSIAdapter -12/3/2018 12:00:00 AM - 16.8.0.1000 causes my HP pavilion 27-r014 All-in-one computer to fail to boot up , I get a checking media presence error and have to resort to a system restore under the advanced start
up menu to recover the computer. I have even completely reformatted the Windows partition and reinstalled the factory image using the HP software.

Same deal after the wipe and reinstall, when it hits this driver update, the update bricks the computer. So I know its not an antivirus or other third party product doing this.

 

SDIMM upgrade for Hp Pavilion 15.6 laptop cs0064st

The Pavilion is spec'd for a maximum of 16 GB (2 X 8GB). I suggest checking here: RAM & SSD Upgrades | HP - Compaq Pavilion 15-cs0064st | Crucial.com. You may be able to find RAM elsewhere (like Newegg.com) more cheaply, though.

32 GB of Optane memory sounds like a cache for a spinning hard drive. Is that what you have? If you upgrade the main drive to an SSD, the optane cache will be of little or no use. (No harm, just pointless.)

 

SDIMM upgrade for Hp Pavilion 15.6 laptop cs0064st

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