Pavilion dv7-3188cl and Hard dr ive upgrade

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I was wondering what hdd I should get for my laptop? I'm looking for a 1-2 terabyte , should I go with Seagate, Western digital or any other good brand? any help is greatly appreaciated..Thanks in advance
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Hi There,
I was wondering what hdd I should get for my laptop? I'm looking for a 1-2 terabyte , should I go with Seagate, Western digital or any other good brand? any help is greatly appreaciated..Thanks in advance
Hi,
Your laptop supports up to 1TB 2x 500GB of 7200/5400rpm. I suggest to use a solid state drive as a fast system drive and a 500GB or 750GB (believe it will work) drive as a data storage in the secondary bay. I would also prefer a WD drive but don't use a hdd at all (SSD is the future!!).
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Hi,
You've got many questions, please allow me to make some suggestions (not in order):
1. 1TB is the sweet point now in term of price/performance and no need to muck around due to some limitations. Many HSSD's (Hybrid SSD) now are very good. HP uses few suppliers and many laptops use Toshiba HDD's, you may want to play safe by using this brand.
2. For memory: your machine support 8Gb max as mentioned in its specs. From 6Gb to 8Gb you can't see or feel the difference but if you wish, keep the existing 4Gb and buy a SAME specs/brand 4Gb stick to replace the 2Gb stick. The video card on your machine can take "Up to 3061MB" max this will give you plenty of RAM.
3. Cloning existing HDD to new HDD is the best approach if you won't need to change anything (by the way, I use this many times to swap my HDD's around my test machines). Some vendors supply tool for you (or you can download from their sites) to clone. There are few good cloning software around:
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http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-free-and-reliable-cloning-tools/
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-drive-cloning-software.htm
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