How to add a 2nd hard drive to HP Pavilion DV7!

How to add a 2nd hard drive to HP Pavilion DV7-3165DX, product # WA794UA or WA794UAR.
(1) Order HDD, hard drive, hardware kit. HDD hardware kit includes mounting rails, static shield, screws, rubber isolators, and SATA to motherboard cable. Check your model & Product # for compatibility.
HP Parts HDD hardware kit 517639-001 for DV7-3165DX product# WA794UA and WA794UAR.
(2) Consult Drives - Windows 7 PDF, table of contents, 7 Replacing a drive in the secondary hard drive bay. This will show you how to install a 2nd HDD in a HP DV7.
Drives - Windows 7 PDF
(3) In Windows 7 select Computer, Select the HDD installed, Format (if not already formatted).
(4) If HDD does not show up in Windows 7 under Computer, go to Start (Menu), Search Programs and Files, enter "Computer Management", select Storage, Disk Management (Local), look for the Bay 2 HDD (should show up as Disc 1, Bay 1 HDD should show as Disc 0), Format the 2nd HDD (The one you just installed).
Update: I have the 2nd HDD (WD 1TB) installed, Windows now recognises it after completing the steps I mentioned in step 4, Format with default allocation NTFS 931.51GB free, 118MB used for formatting. Format with default allocation exFAT 931.51GB free, 1MB used for formatting. I selected NTFS format to reduce file fragmenting.
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When i added my 2nd HDD I was ready to get it ordered and shipped, so it would arrive before I arrived home. I also was not sure if it would be offered anywhere else and be 100% compatible. The quality of the factory HP part is good. Since then I found a cheeper source. Newmodeus DV7-3xxx Hard Drive Caddy $27.95 +tax +shipping. Not sure if the quality is the same. If this helps you, post your results and kudos.

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Where can i purchase a mounting kit and cable ( hard drive to mother board) to mount and hook up the 2nd hard drive?
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This one should be fine: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-REPLACEMENT-HP-DV7T-Secondary-Hard-Drive-Caddy-Cable-DV7-7000-DV7T-700...
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Welcome to the forum!
You'll be looking for Ultraslim Bay PATA hard disk drive adapter.
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Hi:
The only place I know of where you can get a 2nd hard drive kit is from this vendor.
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How to add a second Hard Drive to a laptop equipped with 2 HDD bays.

I have noticed a couple of posts on the forums that have asked how to install a second HDD into their laptop.
Here is a link to a detailed video on how to install the 2nd HDD.
This video will show how to install the hard drive, what parts that you will need and what models are directly related to the video.
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I have a dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5 Mac that I got maybe 2-3 years ago, probably closer to the latter.
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The Raptors are fast, but they don't have a lot of storage space. The largest one at 10K RPM's has only 150GB of space and you need a Firmtek SATA PCI card to hook them up to G5's (excluding the Quad supposedly). So they make great boot drives and small storage drives.
Of course it's possible to get a 8 bay external SATA enclosure, a FirmTex 8 port SATA PCI card and eight 150GB Raptors and have a total of 1200 GB of drive space. Which you could roll 4 drives as a RAID O (striped) for 600GB as a working disk and the other 4 drives as combined into one for 600GB of backup storage.
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HDforIndies.com, Barefeats.com, Accelerate your Mac, MacGurus.com
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http://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/firmtek/1eve4/
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Hi Marty,
An example of what you need to use the 2nd HDD bay is on the link below.
http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=345
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Quote from: Mark on 05-September-11, 21:42:52
I wouldn't have thought it would make much difference. Simply make sure the boot order is correct in the BIOS.
I'm not familiar with hard drive mounting in notebooks so can't comment much. If you post a picture of the bay with the drive in I may think of something if I can.
The fit surprised me also, the samsung is 9.5mm and the bay is 12.5mm, i believe. Plus there is nothing really to hold it in. I will work on a picture. I guess I could get some styrofoam and put it in there to keep in place? Any other products that would be safe?
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There is no issue with the interface speed? I know there is 6gb and 3gb? Not sure if both controllers are 6gb?

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