Acer Aspire E5-551G-812L storage drive (M.2 SSD / NvME)

this is my first time sharing this quandary of mine.

i have sparingly used my Acer Aspire E5-551G-812L after its monitor got shattered after it was hit by a hard object a couple of years back. i do open it sometimes to check whether it's still working though, but i'm worried that it might not open at all.

i'm also planning to install a 2nd storage drive (M.2 SSD / NvME) into the laptop to expand its built-in 500gb storage. does this particular model (Acer Aspire E5-551G-812L) have a slot for it or does it have to be installed with external accessories for it to work?

thank you.

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JackE

Sorry, this model does not have an m.2 socket. You can however add an 2.5" SSD or m.2 SATA SSD card using a DVD caddy. It would however be more practical to replace the 2.5" 500GB HDD with a 1TB or 2TB 2.5" HDD or SSD which are less than $100usd these days. You can also get a usb-to-ssd/hdd adapter for less than $10 with which you can attach your old 2.5" 500GB to a USB port for additional storage as a D : \ drive.

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