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‎04-10-2016 09:33 PM

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Product: Hp Compaq dc 7900
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit)

Hi, I recently bought a Hp Compaq dc7900 off my friend but the hard drive is broken so i want to buy one for it.  Ive had screw ups in the past where i get something that doesnt correlate with the mother board, wrong size etc...  so i just need to know exactly what kind of hard drives i am able to buy for this that will work.

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‎04-11-2016 01:51 PM

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Pages 41 and 42 of the Manual here:

 

https://h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?sp4ts.oid=3785403&docId=emr_na-c01516126&docLocal...

 

It can use any 3.5 inch standard desktop SATA hard drive such as this:

 

 

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B0088PUEPK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460404271&s...

 

If this is "the Answer" please click "Accept as Solution" to help others find it. 

 

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‎04-11-2016 01:51 PM

HP Recommended

Pages 41 and 42 of the Manual here:

 

https://h20565.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?sp4ts.oid=3785403&docId=emr_na-c01516126&docLocal...

 

It can use any 3.5 inch standard desktop SATA hard drive such as this:

 

 

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Desktop-Hard-Disk-Drive/dp/B0088PUEPK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1460404271&s...

 

If this is "the Answer" please click "Accept as Solution" to help others find it. 

 

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