Pavilion zv5343us hard disk upgrade

Hi,
I have HP Pavilion zv5343us notebook which has 40GB hard disk. I want to upgrade it, I would like to know what is the maximum size that my laptop can support and what model will fits it?
Thanks,
Shankarraju S

zv5000 series uses a PATA hard drive (old school). Yours is the Intel Pentium 4 version and should be able to run a drive larger than 120 gigs. You are safe 100% to get a 120 gig drive.; and if you can get past that the sky is the limit. I have seen up to 500 gig laptop PATA drives but they are rare and pricey...250s and 320s are more common and a bit more reasonable. Get a 7200 rpm drive if you can find and afford one as it really peps up older laptops. I had the AMD version of the same laptop but at the time I had it 80 gigs was the largest laptop hard drive you could buy so I have no direct experience with larger drives. Unfortunately, the most common PATA drives you can now find in the market are 160 gigs. I believe you are safe in installing it based on the fact the hard drive vendors are offering larger drives for it and guaranteeing compatibility. Just make sure your BIOS is up to date and that you are running SP3 if you are using Windows XP. Here is a 160 gig drive that will work. You have to reuse the caddy and connector piece from the old drive. Post back if you need more instructions. The hard drive is under the rectangular plate in the corner of the bottom, held down by 4 screws at the corners of the plate.
http://www.sparepartswarehouse.com/Samsung,Laptop,Part,HM160HC.aspx

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