2nd hard disk on hp dv7-3020

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Alan Whimp

I bought an HP Pavilion DV7-3020sa a week ago which has 2 HDD areas but only
1 HDD fitted.
I have bought an identical HDD to the one already installed to fit into the
2nd drive slot but cannot find anywhere where I can buy the lead to connect
it to the mainboard.
Having now tried over 15 companies, including HP, I am becoming frustrated.
Does anyone know where the lead can be purchased?
It is a SATA socket on one end and a very very small plug on the other and
is only around one inch long. (Please note that it does not connect directly
to the mainboard in the usual clip-in method, it does have a small cable!)

PLEASE HELP!!!!!
 
Alan said:
I bought an HP Pavilion DV7-3020sa a week ago which has 2 HDD areas
but only 1 HDD fitted.
I have bought an identical HDD to the one already installed to fit
into the 2nd drive slot but cannot find anywhere where I can buy the
lead to connect it to the mainboard.
Having now tried over 15 companies, including HP, I am becoming
frustrated. Does anyone know where the lead can be purchased?
It is a SATA socket on one end and a very very small plug on the
other and is only around one inch long. (Please note that it does not
connect directly to the mainboard in the usual clip-in method, it
does have a small cable!)
PLEASE HELP!!!!!
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Maybe the following links would be worth a look:

How To Install and Troubleshoot Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Drives
http://tinyurl.com/y897pqe
or.....
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...toid=2b089d2c3c90e010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

Serial ATA Cables
http://tinyurl.com/yehwqez
or.....
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=84&name=Serial ATA Cables

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Afraid they wont help, the op is mistaken in believing his laptop has a
spare hd bay, it doesnt
 
DL said:
Afraid they wont help, the op is mistaken in believing his laptop has
a spare hd bay, it doesnt
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Doh! I was thinking desktop...but according to the
'Drives' support document found at the following link
it does have a primary and a secondary hard drive bay.

Manuals for HP Pavilion dv7-3020sa
Entertainment Notebook PC
http://tinyurl.com/yju73jb
or.....
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/manualCategory?lc=en&dlc=&cc=us&lang=&product=4034195&#

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J. Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk
 
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