Which replacement hard drive ?

[Ade4]

Hi,

I need to replace the hard drive on my son's Pavilion 15 lap-top. Can anyone recomend what I need to buy. I dont have a back up cd so presumably i have to re-load windows etc as well ?

Thanks very much

Ade

[Huffer]

Can we have the exact model number? If you do not have a Windows recovery disk one can be ordered from HP. You can  use any 2.5 inch wide and 7mm or 9.5mm thick laptop drive. This one would work. 

https://www.amazon.com/HGST-Travelstar-2-5-Inch-Internal-0J22423/dp/B00B4QESVQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qi...

I would like to have the exact model number so I can link you to the Manual showing hard drive replacement. Some are much easier than others and some will only accept 7 mm drives and a few use a different kind of hard drive, but odds are about 90% the one I showed above will work fine. 

[Ade4]

Hi

The product number is J5B65EA#ABU.

Thanks for helping !

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

Here is the Service Manual:

Manual

Supports 6.35 cm (2.5 in) hard drives in 9.5 mm (.37 in) and 7.0 mm (.28 in) thicknesses (all hard drives use the same bracket)

So that confirms it will accept the one I linked in the post above. 

Unfortunately, hard drive removal is a bit tricky. Start on p. 85 of the manual which shows how to remove the top cover. 

You can skip over the part about removing the screen and jump to p. 105 for the hard drive. 

This series of pictures will also likely help:

http://www.myfixguide.com/manual/hp-pavilion-15-p000-disassembly/

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[Ade4]

top man. really appreciate your help

have a good day