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Pavilion 15-au173sa
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Hi

Hard drive has failed, so need to change. Can you suggest a hard drive for the machine?

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@Bobe123 

The HP specs for your model indicate it came with a 1TB laptop SATA drive, and a slow one at that.

 

Any SATA laptop drive can be used to replace it, as they are all the same size and use the same connectors.

 

You can get faster 1TB SATA drives now, but for better performance, you could consider a SATA SSD -- which is a drop-in replacement.  The SSDs, while cheaper now, are still more expensive than the HDDs, so the choice comes down to how much you are willing to spend.



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Many thanks for your reply. I will check out the SSD hard drive and get back to you if I need further help, if that is OK?

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@Bobe123 

Just so you don't buy the wrong thing -- there is no such thing as an SSD hard drive.  There are HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) and SSDs (Solid State Drives).  So, be sure to buy the right kind.



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thanks thanks for that. The laptop is my daughter’s, she is at Uni, so because of price we will go for the HDD.

I have check around and could you give me your verdict on this one :

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many thanks 

Bob

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sorry picture didn’t show on message. Hope this one comes through.

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Hi me again. Still not sure if the pictures came out. Here are the specs

Seagate 1TB 2.5 inch

5400 rpm 128MB Cache SATA Hard Drive

7mm Slim

SATA 111 Interface

2.5 Form Factor

Will this one fit the laptop?

once again many thanks

Bob

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