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    Two hard drives in an Pavilion dv9500t

    Discussion in 'HP' started by TheNinthPlayer, Apr 30, 2008.

  1. TheNinthPlayer

    TheNinthPlayer Newbie

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    Sorry if this is a repeat question but I can not find anything in the forum search.

    I have a HP Pavilion dv9500t with a 120GB hard drive in it. I'd like to add a "Seagate Momentus 7200.2 ST9200420AS 200GB" ; http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148307 . I know I need a mounting bracket but someone mentioned to me that if I want to install two drives they need to be the same exact size?
     
    TheNinthPlayer, Apr 30, 2008
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    no, thats only if your want a RAID HD setup.

    You can slap on whatever SATA drive you want
     
    flipfire, Apr 30, 2008
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  3. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    ^totally agree!
     
    Xirurg, Apr 30, 2008
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  4. theseadragon

    theseadragon Notebook Consultant

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    I am thinking of adding a second HDD to my DV9700; I haven't popped off the 2nd HDD cover, do you need to purchase a HDD caddy to install one?
     
    theseadragon, Apr 30, 2008
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  5. flipfire

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    Yes. unless you ordered dual HDD's when you bought it, if you did then you can just swap the caddys
     
    flipfire, Apr 30, 2008
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  6. devilcm3

    devilcm3 Notebook Deity

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    i know a little bout RAIDs
    but..if you got 2,better dont RAID those HDDs..
    3 is better since you got RAID5 which is the best
     
    devilcm3, Apr 30, 2008
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  7. Jefferson

    Jefferson Notebook Enthusiast NBR Reviewer

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    If you take off the second HD cover, you see the slot for the drive.

    You need the right angle SATA drive adapter and the HP drive caddy cage.


    I have a 9700 with two hitachi 7200rpm 120GB drives...

    Just to throw the idea out there, I would sell you my HP OEM Hitachi 120GB drive, drive caddy, and adapter. Laptop was delivered 02/21 so only 2 months old.... I can verify this with order number, date, and fedex tracking....
    I simply have no need for two 120GB drives and if someone if interested, send me a PM. I can send some photos if needed.
     
    Jefferson, May 6, 2008
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  8. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    If you wanna sell it faster post it in the Buy/Sell/Trade section then put it on your signature
     
    flipfire, May 6, 2008
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  9. mark2000

    mark2000 Notebook Consultant

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    Just to add to this... I have recently had an experience adding a second drive to the dv9000 series machines...

    For me, the drive I bought, the SATA-2 Western Digital 320 GB WD3200BEVT will only work in the first bay.

    I had to buy the caddy and adapter, the cheapest I could find came to about $27 US plus shipping on Ebay. Upon installation, I found that the caddy is not absolutely necessary, but it does make the drive much easier to put in and remove without breaking the delicate SATA adapter. Even without the caddy though, I'd feel the drive would be pretty stable in the bay, and if not, I would have put a very thin piece of cork or felt on top of the drive before I put the bay cover on, just to make sure it was secure ... that would do the same trick as the caddy.

    At any rate, I was not able to get this particular drive working in the second bay, so I would just warn you of that... other than this caveat, I had no problems adding a second drive. I had to move my original Seagate 100 GB from bay one to bay two.
     
    mark2000, May 7, 2008
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  10. gt3

    gt3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    gt3, May 29, 2008
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