Want to know if i can add a 5tb or large internal hdd 2.5" to my laptop?

[Matt72386]

I added a 1tb 2.5", but really want to add 1-2 5tb or larger, am I able to add a 5TB internal 2.5" hdd in my laptop? I am a mobile DJ and online DJ where I have tons of music files, I have external hdd, but prefer to use internal, they make 5tb and larger 2.5" so am I able to add those to my dv6? please let me know asap..

Thanks,

Matt

[REO51ST]

Welcome to the HP Support Community @Matt72386

Yes you can add a 5TB internal HDD as long as it does not exceed 12.7mm in height and your BIOS supports UEFI.

Your manual here:

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03591281

REO

[Matt72386]

Are you sure, everyone tells me its thicker than the 2TB 2.5” ones? If that is true, why make a 2.5” 5TB if wont fit, are you sure if I buy a 5tb 2.5” seagate hdd, it will fit? I could use a 12.7 caddy inplace of the optical drive? I have a 750gb hd in there and a 2tb, but I need a 5Tb or larger.  

Thanks

[REO51ST]

@Matt72386

IN YOUR MANUAL ON PAGE 5

Supports 6.35-cm (2.5-in) hard drives in 12.7-mm (.50-in), 9.5-mm (.37-in), and 7.0-mm (.28-in) thicknesses (all hard drives use the same bracket)

YES that is why I said " As long as it does not exceed 12.7mm in height "

REO

[Matt72386]

So it should work? Sorry, I’m just bad on the tech stuff and measuring stuff. 

Thanks for helping

[Matt72386]

I looked at the manual, but I think the 5Tb and more are to thick? 

[Matt72386]

See look

Seagate 5TB Barracuda Sata 6GB/s 128MB Cache 2.5-Inch 15mm Internal Bare/OEM Hard Drive (ST5000LM000)

Multi-Tier Caching Technology

• Serial ATA interface

• 5TB storage capacity

• 5400 RPM spindle speed

• 2.5-inch form factor

• 1 Year Seller Warranty
• WILL NOT FIT PS4

All hard drives in the BarraCuda family come equipped with Multi-Tier Caching Technology (MTC). MTC takes your PC to new performance levels. By applying intelligent layers of NAND Flash, DRAM and media cache technologies, BarraCuda delivers improved read and write performance by optimizing data flow, allowing you to load apps and files faster than ever before.

I think bigger than 12