Is it possible to have 2 hard drives, one base stock model, and one new ssd in the dv8t-1100?

I am currently thinking of upgrading my laptop. I have an old DirectX 10 card and no SSD. I was wondering if it's possible to upgrade those items on the HP Pavilion dv8t-1100. Preferably, since this is an 18.4'' notebook, I would like to keep the HDD it came with as data storage, and install a modestly sized SSD for all the program data. If the video card can be upgraded to a DirectX 11 compatible card, that would be awesome too.

I don't think that you can upgrade the graphics chip. You will have to replace the motherboard with a better graphics in it (if any is compatible). As an 18" inch laptop it could have a secondary hard drive bay but a solid drive may not be compatible with it (BIOS) anyway.
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