I had a similar experience with my Lenovo IDEAPAD 310. When I got it there was a 1TB disc drive, and I had a spare Samsung 500GB EVO. I wanted two things, firstly, the extra speed of the SSD, and secondly, to avoid the unwanted extras that laptop manufacturers like you to have. After a few weeks to make sure it was working ok, I replaced the spinner with the SSD and did a clean installation of the W10 HP64 with no trouble. I kept the 1TB and use it for backups.
Recently, I went into the laptop's bios and was surprised to find that Intel's version of TPM and secure boot were enabled by default from new by Lenovo. Sadly, the i3 is only 6th generation, so I won't be forcing W11 on it.
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- W11 pro beta
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- home built
- CPU
- Athlon 3000G
- Motherboard
- Asrock A320M-HDV r4.0
- Memory
- 16Gb Crucial DDR4 2400
- Graphics Card(s)
- onboard cpu
- Sound Card
- onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- AOC 27
- Screen Resolution
- 2560-1440
- Hard Drives
- WD black SN750 M2 500Gb
- PSU
- 500W Seasonic core 80+gold non modular
- Case
- Fractal Design Define R2
- Cooling
- front 2 x 120mm rear 100mm stock psu
- Internet Speed
- 135/20
- Browser
- Firefox and edge
- Antivirus
- Windows Security and free Malwarebytes
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- Operating System
- W11 pro 64 beta (from W10 pro system builder pack)
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- homebuilt
- CPU
- Ryzen 7 5700G
- Motherboard
- MSI B450 tomahawk max II
- Memory
- 4 x 8Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000 DDR4
- Graphics card(s)
- onboard cpu
- Sound Card
- motherboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG 21.5" IPS
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- WD 1Tb Black M2 SN850X on Asus hyper M2 X16 max V2 card
- PSU
- Be Quiet 400 semi modular 80+gold
- Case
- Coolermaster Silencio 650
- Cooling
- 140mm front, 120 rear Akasa Vegas Chroma AM
- Internet Speed
- 135/20
- Browser
- edge/Firefox
- Antivirus
- WD plus Malwarebytes free
