Windows on ARM USB Recovery Media Test
I'll walk through the steps I've taken on my personal Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition to increase its storage from 512GB to 2TB using an M.2 2230 GEN 4 SSD. If you're looking to do something like this and are a skilled technician, this should save you some time. The SSD upgrade along with the internal NPU will make this a formidable 4K video capture and editing machine with lots of file capacity, which is great as a creator or video editor.
This process works on Surface Laptop 6 and Surface Laptop 7th Edition. The approach is different on Surface Laptop 3, 4, and 5 to disassemble the device, but locating the recovery image and the USB preparation is the same. Surface Pro 7+ and newer devices have an SSD cover panel behind the kickstand and share the same process for locating recovery images and preparing the USB.
Links:
Recovery image: https://support.microsoft.com/surface...
How to boot Surface devices to USB: https://support.microsoft.com/surface...
Surface warranty information: https://aka.ms/surface-warranty
Surface Laptop 7th Edition: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surfa...
SSD I used (Silicon Power UD90): https://amzn.to/3Lu0mfi
(I didn't want to add the link to the SSD until I had strenuously tested it for a few weeks. No issues so far as of August 31, 2024. Retailer affiliate only; I have no affiliation with Silicon Power.)
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