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Introduction |
| The SSD of your Lenovo ThinkPad T480 might become corrupted or you might want to upgrade the SSD at some point. If you need to replace your SSD, follow the instructions in this guide. | | | The SSD or Solid-State Drive is a solid-state storage device that can store data continuously and typically uses flash memory. In the hierarchy of computer storage, it is considered secondary storage. | | | If your SSD fails your computer will start to run extremely slow, it may fail to boot and you may get boot errors, “blue screen of death” errors, and apps will freeze or crash. | | | According to the [link|https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-T400-T500-and-newer-T-series-Laptops/T480-Harddisk-Upgrade/m-p/4400135#:~:text=Re%3A%20T480%20Harddisk%20Upgrade&text=The%20T480%20has%20a%202.5,and%20upgrade%20to%20an%20M.|Lenovo Forum], this model has the capacity to upgrade to 1 TB Solid State Drive, PCIe-NVMe OPAL2.0 M.2. | | Be sure to [link|https://download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles_pdf/t480_ug_en.pdf#page=118|disable the internal battery], turn off the computer and unplug the laptop from the power adapter and turn off the computer prior to starting the repair. |
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