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‎06-08-2018 11:30 AM

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Product: Pavilion g7-1310us
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

It appears that I have a SATA-300 540 gb. I'd like to upgrade to a larger hard drive but don't know if there is a limitation to this like there is on the ram side. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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‎06-08-2018 12:40 PM

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The limit you will bump into is not caused by the computer, SATA system can handle a virtually unlimted capacity of drive. The limit is in the market. You can't have a disk thicker than 9.5 mm and right now the largest capacity 2.5 inch wide and 9.5 mm thick drive is 2 TB as it has been for several years. The manufacturers just have not figured out how to cram any more data into that small of a package. 

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‎06-08-2018 12:32 PM

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@Pavilion16428, welcome to the forum.

 

The maximum hard drive size is determined by the partitioning scheme the operating system allows.  Here is a guide that will explain what is possible with Win 10.  As you will see, the determining factor of using a hard drive larger than 2 TB is, does the motherboard have UEFI or a Legacy/standard BIOS?  If so, the drive has to be partitioned using GPT.

 

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‎06-08-2018 12:40 PM

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The limit you will bump into is not caused by the computer, SATA system can handle a virtually unlimted capacity of drive. The limit is in the market. You can't have a disk thicker than 9.5 mm and right now the largest capacity 2.5 inch wide and 9.5 mm thick drive is 2 TB as it has been for several years. The manufacturers just have not figured out how to cram any more data into that small of a package. 

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‎06-25-2018 03:09 AM

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Hi there,

 

You're quite expert, if you have any email? I have many questions, hope that you can help me someway. Thank you! 

 

Best Regards,

Peter

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