booting from the second hard drive of a dv7-6199sl

[johnterragon]

Hi.

I noticed that my dv7-6199sl has the space for a second hard drive. There is the caddy but  not the cable. Before I buy the cable

(I don't know where yet, perhaps HP's spare parts site) I need to know if it is possible to boot from the second hard drive with my laptop model. Thanks in advance.

Best

John

[DavidPK]

Hi John,

The second drive bay is not bootable in your dv7.

Regards,

DP-K

[johnterragon]

Thanks for the prompt answer.

Another couple of questions:

Could I boot from a usb external hard disk with one of the usb3 ports?

Let's say I want to install a second drive anyway where can I get the cable? And could it be shipped outside the US (I currently reside in italy).

Thanks again.

john

[DavidPK · Accepted solution]

Hi John,

My best guess would be that as the USB 3.0 ports require a driver to work correctly, trying to boot from it ( when the driver isn't loaded ) may not work - this is not a definitive answer, but I do know bootable recovery media certainly has problems booting from a 3.0.

Regarding the cable for the second HDD, I would suggest sending a query regarding this matter to HP at the Email address in the document below.

http://h20141.www2.hp.com/Hpparts/Contact_us.aspx?mscssid=1DF92190D24F41BD8DFAF888728F5EBA

Regards,

DP-K