Updating my Pavilion DV7t-1000

I had this machine downgraded to XP pro when I got it.  Which was a real nightmare. Ready to upgrade to win 7 Prof 64 bit. Have new copy of windows for this.
Updating the memory to 8gig which should work
Want to add larger hd 1TB and possibly SSD for primary.
Pn is FH60TAV
SN is CND9020Q35
T5800  2GHZ
Want to do a clean format and install.
Assume I can download all the drivers and have them available on a chip. What about the BIOS upgrade? Can I do it with XP? or what would be the sequence. I am not much of a windows guy so could use a little advise on pulling this off. Thanks

Hi Orgtec,
I understand you are looking for BIOS upgrade.  Here is a document on HP Pavilion dv7t-1000 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC Drivers.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?os=4063&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&sw_lang=&product=3744...
Please let me know how this goes.
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