Adding SSD Drive

I have a Pavilion a6010n.  It has two hard drives but I would like to add an SSD drive.  Can I do this?  The system also has two CD/DVD drives.
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Hi,
Please check the spare SATA ports first (lower right: blue, yellow,  ...). If
(a) it has spare port,
(b) it has spare room,
You can add SSD to your machine. Since SSD's are much smaller and thinner, you need a set of brackets and SATA cable to connect. Please check the following guide:
    http://download.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/sb/intel_ssd_installation_guide_g17251.pdf
and the following video:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JOxKSkkdMM
Regards.
BH
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