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HP Pavilion 15-au057cl (ENERGY STAR)

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.

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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

 

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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

 

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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.

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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

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