DV6500t hard drive upgrade

[kaialii]

Hi,

I would like to upgrade the existing Western Digital WD1200BEVS hard drive to another Western Digital hard drive.  The laptop I have is a Pavillion DV6500t.

Please help.

Thanks,

[irootsk · Accepted solution]

You can buy any SATA 2.5" drive for your computer. For example this one -  Western-Digital-320GB-Scorpio-WD3200BEKT.

It's depend of you - how big drive you need.

[kaialii]

Thanks again irootsk.

[Shreyans]

Hi Can I also upgarde my HDD with following config :

HITACHI Travelstar 7K320 0A57547 320GB SATA II 7200 RPM 16MB Buffer Mobile Hard Drive Bulk.

Does the hdd partitions show up by its own, I am going to use norteon ghost for recovery ?

My current HDD is 160 GB 5400 RPM SATA  

Shreyans

[irootsk]

Shreyans - yes, you can use that drive. Partitions doesn't show by its own. You need to reinstall Windows (or any OS) or use recovery DVD.

[kaialii]

Hi Shreyans, yes it will work.  Just remove the adapter from the old drive and attach it to the new drive.

Regards,

[kormemis]

hi i have a pavilion dv6650et notebook , i upgrade to segate momentus 3 7200 rpm harddrive , but i can't boot sometimes , sometimes computer works normally, but  sometimes i get a black screen , what is my problem do you think ? my harddrive or my computer

[KHarris]

Hi,

I also have a question regarding my hard drive.

What brands are supported by my laptop?

I also want to upgrade the size from the original 160 GB to possibly a 320 or 500 GB ?

I have a dv6626us.

[kaialii]

Hi KHarris, from what I could dig up on your computer, it also has a SATA drive in it.  I don't know if HP gave you a NON SATA drive option, you should confirm the type of drive you have.

If you do have a SATA drive in your machine, any brand of HD will work in your machine.

Good luck and have fun with your upgrade.

kaialii

[KHarris]

hey kaialii!

thanks for the input ! i dont know if i have the non sata drive option, but I won't mess with it !

hopefully i'll be on my way a little later this afternoon to pick one up !

thanks a million !