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‎02-18-2021 05:14 AM

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Product: HP Pavilion Gaming 15-Cx0093ur
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello, HP Support Team,

I have HP Pavilion Gaming 15 15-cx0093ur, which has 1TB HDD t the moment. I've read that it is possible to expand the storage space.

1. What is maximum storage capacity of HP Pavilion Gaming 15-Cx0093ur laptop? How much can I add?

2. Which HDD is compatible with HP Pavilion Gaming 15-Cx0093ur laptop? I want to expand the internal storage to the maximum.

Regards.

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‎02-18-2021 06:05 AM

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@AlexandrALaptop 

Laptop SATA drives are all the same physical size and connectors, so there is no practical limit on the capacity limit of any drive you want to use -- the cost is the usual limit.

 

But with a one-drive PC, you will want to MIGRATE the existing setup to this drive and for that to happen, it must be formatted using the same scheme as the existing drive -- which is probably MBR.  So, that limits the drive capacity to 2GB.

 

However, if the current drive is formatted GPT, the  you can use a drive larger than 2TB.

 

I have seen 4TB drives out there, but they are very expensive.



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP

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‎02-18-2021 06:05 AM

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@AlexandrALaptop 

Laptop SATA drives are all the same physical size and connectors, so there is no practical limit on the capacity limit of any drive you want to use -- the cost is the usual limit.

 

But with a one-drive PC, you will want to MIGRATE the existing setup to this drive and for that to happen, it must be formatted using the same scheme as the existing drive -- which is probably MBR.  So, that limits the drive capacity to 2GB.

 

However, if the current drive is formatted GPT, the  you can use a drive larger than 2TB.

 

I have seen 4TB drives out there, but they are very expensive.



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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