“Will there be any problems generating a copy of the 1TB Hard Drive and replacing it with an SSD? Any issues regarding drivers or product keys/licenses?”
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There should be no problem. I wiped/formatted the factory C drive and reinstalled a fresh copy of Windows 10 version 1803 with my USB flash drive and my license remained intact. To copy the content of the 1TB HDD to a SSD drive, you can use a disk cloning program. Just make sure the SSD hard drive is large enough to accept the 1TB disk image transfer. What I did was to repartition/resize the 1TB HDD into two partitions - 200GB for the Windows C drive and the rest for my apps and media. When I install a SSD drive later, I would clone my 200GB C drive to the SSD drive.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Aside from Lenovo's onerous and overreaching Warranty restrictions, the Legion Y530 has a TPM2.0 module that binds the shipped Seagate Barracuda Pro SATA HD to the TPM/systemboard. To physically swap in ANY other storage device, you will need to reset and rebind the TPM (or disable the TPM entirely, which will seriously weaken system security). Rather than swap out the Barracuda Pro, I'd think about adding a 16GB Optane m.2/NVMe3.0 module. You then get 1TB of very nearly raw SSD reads, plus Optane's *system memory* augmentations. I'd even think about the 32GB Optane m.2/NVMe3.0 module (which Lenovo refuses to sell), which is even faster and supports permanent pinning/tuning. With Optane RAIDed to the Barracuda Pro you don't futz with the TPM at all.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This model is not user upgradable. A certified technician must do all of the work, so as to not void the warranty. We recommend you check with your certified technician about replacing the existing hard drive with a compatible solid state drive.
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