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Pavilion dv7-2177cl
Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I need a new main hard drive in my dv7-2177cl  laptop.  I talked to someone at HP today (I thought it was tech support, they said sales?) and got two different answers (both wrong, I belive), and a promise to email more info which I never received.

 

The current (failing) HDD is 500GB (Sata).  I was told first that up to 750GB was ok but a 1 TB drive would have to be external only, and then told by someone else that I should use same capacity drive only.

 

MY QUESTION:  Is there any technical limitation to prevent me from replacing my old 500GB drive with a 1 TB drive?

 

I have looked at the user guide and tech specs and not found any guidelines regarding max HDD limit.

(Here is my product page, which links to user guide also:   https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-pavilion-dv7-2100-entertainment-notebook-pc-series/3945156/m... )

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

-P

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Hi,

 

In therory the number is quite large but you can use 1TB each. Your machine DOES suport 2 HDD's and you can have total of 2TB of storage.

 

Supports all Serial ATA (SATA) 9.5-mm, 6.35-cm (2.50-inch) hard drives
Supports up to 2 hard drives

If you wish to install the seond HDD, you need the following part

 

              Secondary hard drive cover part # 518164-001

 

Regards

BH
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