My hard drive went out and need to replace it but need to know what to buy

[TommmH]

My hard drive went out and need to replace it but need to know what to buy. I can't find the product specs online and need some guidance.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

The product specs indicate that your notebook came with a 1 TB 2.5" mechanical hard drive.

Now is the time to upgrade to a better performing 2.5" SATA solid state drive.

If you want a 1 TB drive, this is the one I recommend:

Amazon.com: Western Digital 1TB WD Blue SA510 SATA Internal Solid State Drive SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s,...

Below is the link to the service manual where you can find the hard drive removal and replacement procedure:

HP Pavilion Notebook PC Maintenance and Service Guide

[TommmH]

Paul, I came back to thank you. I took your recommendation and it's turned out fantastic. I was a bit hesitant to install it and install windows again onto that laptop, however, with your guidance and Microsoft's media create tool I got it done without a single problem (much to my sarcastic and pessimistic daughters chagrin). Anyway, thank you and I appreciate the time you took for me.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Glad you were able to get your notebook back up and running again and it should work even better than before.

Cheers,

Paul