HDD for my laptop

Hello. I am going to buy an HDD for my laptop (inside). But I do not know whether it would be right for my device. Are all HDD identical for all laptops or not (I suppose, no)? How can I determine the type of my laptop unless it would be disassambled?
My laptop is Envy 15-j001er. Please, could you help me with this problem?
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Hi,
Not really but many HP laptops use Toshiba. You can check it under Device Manager (still working) or pull it out to check (you have to repace it anyway) and buy a similar one. HDD's are very cheap now, my secommendation is to buy 1Tb HDD with big cache and 7200RPM or hSSD (hybrid SSD) to get good performance. You can also spend more to get a true SSD, they also have 1Tb SSD now. In short, Toshiba, WD, Seagate, Hitachi HDD's are the one you can use for your machine.
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