HP Envy 17-1050ea - Second hard drive size?

Hello
I've recently bought a refurbished HP Envy 17-1050ea and want to add a hard drive to the second drive bay. Online forums and information suggested that I required a 2.5" drive. So, I've bought a 1 TB drive and a suitable drive bay caddy, opened up my laptop and found that the drive is physically too big to fit: it looks like the bay is for a 1.8" drive.
Have I massively misunderstood something here?
Thanks for your help.
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Okay, Mumbodog, it's time for me to be embarrassed... I rewatched a video online and I've overlooked that the hard drive fits underneath the ledge that's there. It was a tight fit due to some foam rubber buffering so it wasn't trivial, but not too arduous either. I've finally got it working and the drive's formatting now.
I'm sorry to have wasted your time over something that I should have checked more thoroughly.
Many thanks.

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