HP Pavillion DV6700 HDD

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Recently, my friend gave me his old laptop, a HP Pavillion DV6700. He kept his own hard drive for security reasons and when I went back to see what type of drive it needed, it was a type I had not seen before. I was wondering where I could buy such a hard drive. I know it is not an eSata or IDE but what else could it be? Thank you for your help.
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Hi,
dv6700 is a series of many laptops (can be from dv6700aa to dv6799zz) what is the model/product of your machine ? In general they use SATA II HDD:
http://www.engadget.com/products/hp/pavilion/dv6700/specs/
SATA 2 is very popular HDD type for many computers. Somthing is similar to the following HDD should work on your computer:
http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Scorpio-5400RPM-WD3200BEVT/dp/B0011U65F2
You can buy larger (capacity).
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BH
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Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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If you do not see the LowerFilters registry entry, unfortunately this content is unable to help you any more. Go to the "Next Steps" section for information about how you can find more solutions or more help on the Microsoft Web site.
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