HP Presario CQ57-200 Support Question
HP Presario CQ57-200 Support Question
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Question posted by rebackah on March 18th, 2013
What Kind Of Internal Hard Drive Would I Buy For A Presario Cq57-200 Notebook?
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Answer #1: Posted by tintinb on March 18th, 2013 10:56 PM
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According to the product specifications provided by HP website, your HP Presario CQ57-200 has a SATA laptop hard disk. This means that you can use any SATA laptop hard disk which can be purchased online. Laptop hard disks are standard, where you can use any similar hard disk drive as long as it is a SATA type. You can purchase it here:
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=laptop+hard+disk+sata&rh=i:aps,k:laptop+hard+disk+sata
Read more information about this laptop here:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03000327
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Regards,
Tintin
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