HP Dv7-4272us hard drive update?

I have a HP dv7-4272us with a AMD Phenom 2 Triple Core Processor P860 with 8 gigs of ram and a 750 gig hard drive running Windows 7 Pro. I want to replace the 750 hard drive with a 1 TB drive and add a 2nd 1 TB hard drive in the empty slot. Can my O.S. handle this setup and what brackets and cables do I need to install the 2nd drive?
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Hi,
Your notebook will work fine with 2 x 1Tb drives - an example of the HDD caddy and cable you will require for the 2nd drive is on the following link.
http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=345
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