Max hard drive capacity supported by HP ENVY dv7-7250US

[Passright]

My HP Envy dv7-7250US internal 1TB hard drive is starting to make noises and I want to replace it.  I was wondering if this laptop will support newer, larger, faster hard drives (e.g. 2TB, 7200rpm, 6GB/sec, SATA1, SATA2 SATA3, etc)?  I know what the options were when the machine was purchased.  I also know that it takes a 2.5" internal drive of varying thicknessew.  But, I have not been able to find any information on the maximum SUPPORTED capacity of the hard drive.  Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

It should be able to handle a 2 TB SATA III hard drive...They now make them thin enough to fit inside most notebooks...

I can't find any with a 7,200 RPM spindle speed though.   This one is only 7.0mm thick.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822234339&Description=2TB%202.5%20Laptop%20ha...

[Passright]

Thanks for the reply and information.  I was really just trying to make sure there was nothing on the motherboard or in the bios of this laptop that precluded a hard drive larger than the 1TB maximum option listed in the documentation.  The  laptop will take up to a 12.7mm thick 2.5" drive.  So, it is really the capacity limitation that I was asking about.  Your reply seemed to focus on the physical size of the drive.  Can I also assume that you are sure about the capacity of the drive being ok for the HP Envy dv7-7250US?  I just want to be sure before I order something.

You are definitely correct about the spindle speed.  I guess all of the 7200rpm models I looked at were 1TB.  The larger ones still seem to be 5400rpm.

Thanks again for your reply.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

You're very welcome.

There should be no capacity limitation in the BIOS that would preclude a 2 TB HDD from working.

Theoretically, since the notebook should have a UEFI BIOS, and Windows is installed in UEFI mode and if the drive is formatted in GPT, drives in excess of 2 TB should also work.

[Passright]

Great!  Thanks for the information.  I really appreciate it.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Anytime.

Glad to have been of assistance.