HDD UPGRADE

[ARTMAN48]

HI EVERYONE! 

I'M TRYING TO FIND CLEAR ANSWER FOR QUESTION:

Q; CAN UPGRADE MY WORKSTATION WITH 4TB HDD AS A SECON DRIVE. 

ALREADY SYSTEM (WIN7) IS RUNNING ON 256GB SSD ONE. 

HP 8770W

CPU i7 3828

RAM 32 G B

GPU NVIDIA Q K4000M

THANKS

[REO51ST · Accepted solution]

@ARTMAN48

Yes but your system must be UEFI-capable. " Yours is."

First update your BIOS.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/swdetails/hp-elitebook-8770w-mobile-workstation/525...

Then update anything else that is out-of-date.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-elitebook-8770w-mobile-workstation/5257511

Read this.

Windows support for hard disks that are larger than 2 TB

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/2581408/windows-support-for-hard-disks-that-are-larger-than...

REO

[Huffer]

The biggest capacity 7mm or 9.5 mm or even 12.7mm thick 2.5 inch wide SATA mechanical hard drives I believe are still 2 terrabyte and have been for a while now. They make higher capacity 15 mm thick 2.5 inch wide hard drives for blade servers and such a drive that thick will not fit in the chassis of your laptop. Check the thickness of the 4 TB HDD you are contemplating buying. Maybe I have missed the introduction of higher capacity drives. I have seen 4 TB 7 mm thick 2.5 inch wide SATA SSDs but OMG they cost a bundle. 

From the Manual for your laptop:

Supports 7.0 mm (0.28 in), 9.5 mm (0.37 in) or 12.7 mm (0.5 in) hard drives and 6.35 cm (2.5 in) solid-state drive for primary and secondary storage.

So be careful you buy a hard drive 12.7mm or less in thickness.