Need to change the HARD drive in my HP Pavilion dv6542ev

Hello

The last few days, I have a problem with my HARD drive and it should be changed. The model of my laptop is HP Pavilion dv6542ev. My problem is that I don't know what kind of hard drives that I can get. One of my friends has a different model and I can take her. His model is HP Pavilion dv9542ev. Can I use it?

Your Dv6542ev of HP Pavilion Entertainment Notebook computer supports the following hard disks in factory;

hard drives 2.5 inches, 9.5 mm
Serial ATA
● 250 GB, 5400 RPM
● 200-GB, 4200 RPM
● 160 GB, 5400 RPM
● 120 GB, 5400 RPM
● 80 GB, 5400 RPM

The HP Pavilion dv9542ev supports hard drives same and much more. You should have no problem using the hard drive of his computer in your. Please note that you can use your HP dv6542ev recovery disks once you have installed the hard drive.

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

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