What hard drive will work in my on a h81420t

what are the harddrives that works in my h81420t

For some reason, the product model specified returned 36 results on HP's support site.  It looks like it may have one too many characters in it.  What is the product number?
For the most part, just about any HDD should work in the system.  I wouldn't necessarily recommend a 2TB or larger HDD as some older systems can't boot from a 2TB HDD (using one as a secondary drive wouldn't be an issue). 
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