Hp envy dv7 7230us dual hard drive

hello, my friend has the same laptop as i do and he is a pc tech, he said on this laptop their is a second hard drive bay. he did not want to take the laptop apart to see if their was a extra sata/power connection. im intersted in software raid, so is their to have 2 hard drives? their is a open connection at the top of the primary hard drive. im thinking thats the other sata/power connection. if thats the port/power can i buy the cable and the hard drive caddy?

i just wanted to let every one who reads this, the laptop can add one more hard drive. software raid can be enabled within windows.

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