Want to buy a 2nd harddrive for dv8000t

Hello,

I have had my dv8000t for about 14 months now and FINALLY realized that I have an open space to add another harddrive to my system.

I know that the computer uses the Sata and I took off the tray to locate it and saw that the connections are black and not too wide.

My question is this: what sata do I get? I can get a 160 gb western Digital drive SATA drive. Is this the correct drive? I notice that their is now multiple SATA... the 150 or 300... which is correct?

Is there a mounting bracket needed for this computer to install the drive or does it just click into place and stay fastened that way? Or is there screws?

Any help would be appreciated before I order the drive.

thank you,

Scott

 

You need to check if there is anywhere to actually connect the second hard disk. There are many models with dual hard disks, and those that ship with single drives, do not have the neccesary caddy and wires to support a second hard disk. HP may be able to provide you with a second hard disk kit, containing the components required, or you may be able to get them online or ebay.

Hard disk choice is wide range. If you want to go with speed, you can get many 7200 RPM disks. Hitachi and Seagate both sell 100 GB 7200 RPM disks, which have been very popular due to their speed and reliability. Alternatively, you could go for a 200 GB 4200 RPM disk. It is slower, but has twice thw storage. It totally depends on your needs. Notebooks can only use SATA 150 at the moment, and use only 2.5" hard disks. Using a SATA 300 disk, will just mean the maximum transfer rate will be 150 MB/s.

 

I have seen a 250 gb 5400rpm Western Digital disk at the local shop... maybe you can find that? fast and huge storage!

 

can my dv9000 take another drive?
that would rule! i only have a 60 now....

 

The only thing is, HP uses a adapter that goes onto the HDD and connects to the motherboard. I'm not sure where you can buy them at, I'm guessing directly from HP. If it is a SATA HDD then it is only the 1.5 aka 150, as HP laptops don't support the 3.0 aka 300 yet. I would also go with a 7200RPM HDD, since it is faster it will be able to find the data and load it faster. HDD can be a bottle neck for how fast/slow a computer will run, so go with the 7200RPM, it'll be worth it in the long run.

 

Sure can. I have a Seagate 160 gig 7200 RPM in bay #1 and a Seagate 100 gig 5400 RPM in bay #2. I also have a Fujitsu 120gig 5400 rpm drive in an external USB enclosure. This is in my dv9000z with Vista Ultimate.

Jim

P.S. HP Store has the SATA adapter and I have seen them on eBay too. They are not cheap. The mounting bracket and adapter are going to cost you about $40.00 or more. The 160 gig Seagate Monentus 7200rpm drive I got from Dell. Yes I know I have an HP but the price was right. I missed the big sale but $137.00 shipped to the door was still not too bad.