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September 29th, 2021 10:00

XPS 8930, SSD compatibility

I have a Dell XPS 8930 with an Intel 7600P 1TB SSD drive. I would like to upgrade this to a Samsung 980 PRO 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen4 Internal Gaming SSD M.2 (MZ-V8P2T0B/AM). Can anyone tell me if this drive would be compatible with my system? I would like to keep the Intel SSD as a data drive and I would make the Samsung the boot drive and start with a clean OS install and then re-install the apps. I don't see any place to plug a PCIe card into a slot on the motherboard. Would I need to buy a housing to hold the SSD and slide it into one of the 2 bays at the bottom of the chassis?

Your assistance is greatly appreciated!

The reason I am going down this path is that I am getting a "Winload.efi is missing or corrupt" error, and I can't get to the Windows Repair tools, only the Dell SupportAssist tools, and it can't fix it. I don't have a Recovery Drive (I know, lesson learned!), so I am thinking I will install a new primary drive and make the current primary a data drive. The drive is still okay, it just can't be used as a boot drive because of the Winload.efi error.

Thanks!