Upgrade hard drive (possible?)

I would like to know if it is possible to upgrade the hard drive on my tx2120-us HP Pavilion Entertainment notebook from the one that came with it (250GB) to a 7200rpm 500GB drive. I have also a touchsmart tx2z 1300 CTO which has a 500GB hard drive and the tx2 and tx models have the same chassis, just different keyboard colors and LED light colors (volume, HD activity light, power, wireless, etc). Perhaps it is not possible because the internal construction might be different? I just don't know and am hoping someone can answer.
Sincerely,
markerline

According to this manual: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02985882.pdf
Your system & hardware supports upto 320GB only.
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