Suggest Hard Drive for G72-B60US

[SPanch]

Hello everyone i got HP G72-B60US which has 500GB harddrive but its not working so which Hard Drive i should buy and 750 GB will work or not ? and Windows 10 (64 bit) is compitable for this pc because it has i3 processor and 4 GB Ram

[iomare]

Hi,

You can install any 2.5" Sata drive. If you want extra performance you could choose an SSD which will increase everyday speed of the system.

Example:

http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/compatible-upgrade-for//hp-g72-b60us

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=2.5+sata+seagate

Windows 10 should work on your system. Once installed let Windows perform all updates and find the drivers for your PC. Then go to device manager and see if any drivers are missing which you can search fo online or ask here in this forum. Anyway since you are installing a new drive you can try Windows 10 for free by downloading from Microsoft and see if all works well. If  not, you can always install windows 7 again.

You will need to download the tool on different computer and run to create a bootable usb drive.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

Let me know if you need further help,

David

[SPanch]

750GB will work ? and windows 10 will support drivers of this pc G72-B60US ?

[SPanch]

SSD will work ? and WD is good ? can i install 750GB harddrive ?

[iomare]

Hi,

Yes you can install 750GB hard drive. You can also choose an SSD, WD is good brand and any SSD will give you a great increase in performance of system.

Hope it helps,

David

[SPanch]

Size is same in all 2.5" Hard drives?

[iomare]

Hi,

There are 2 different widths for 2.5" drives  6.7mm an 9.5mm . Your PC supports 9.5mm SSD which you can see on page 2 of service manual for your PC. 

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02623152

However most 6.7mm drives come with little adapter (plastic spacer) so they can be used in systems which require 9.5mm disks. So the 6,7 mm disks can always be used and the 9.5mm disks can be used in systems which accept them.

Hopd it helps,

David

[SPanch]

so which should i order ? 9.5 mm ? and windows 10 will work on my pc from my pc requirements ?

[mdklassen]

> so which should i order ? 9.5 mm ? 

Since you will need to remove the existing disk-drive, to make room for the new disk-drive, remove the existing disk-drive.

Look at the printed label on the top of the disk-drive, for the manufacturer-name, and the model-number.

Then, do a search on the manufacturer's web-site for the physical dimensions of your disk-drive.

Or, just take the disk-drive to the computer-store, and purchase a new disk-drive of the same dimensions.

BUT, before you remove the disk-drive, look on your computer for a program.

There should be a utility program to create a "System Recovery Set" -- a set of files that you can use to re-install the original version of Windows.  The set will either be one USB memory-stick, or a few DVD-recordable disks.

Create that set, because you will need it, to install Windows onto the new disk-drive.

Note that this "Recovery Set" may require that the new disk-drive be at least 500 GB in capacity.  So, yes, 750 GB will work, but a SSD device with a smaller capacity may be rejected.

[iomare]

@mdklassen 

Hope all is well. As you can see in the question at the beginning the hard drive is no longer working and he wants to replace with HDD or SSD, From service manual we can see that it accepts 9.5mm drives (regular sata drives).

Also in the question at the beginning the Member states that originally there was a 500 GB drive which we can also see from the spec sheet for the PC.

Just to keep you up to date and so you do not have to read the discussion before spreading your knowledge:smileyvery-happy:

David