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HP Pavilion dv7-3173ca Entertainment Notebook PC Troubleshooting

Viewing Hard Drive Information

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This document pertains to HP and Compaq Notebook computers with HP PC Diagnostics.
Complete the following steps to find information about your computer hard drive.
  1. If your computer is powered on, turn off the computer and wait 5 seconds.
  2. Turn on the computer and immediately press the F2 key repeatedly, about once every second.
    A System Diagnostics screen opens.
  3. Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to select System Information , and then press the Enter key.
    NOTE:Selected items display in white text.
  4. Use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys to select Memory Info , and then press the Enter key.
  5. Use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys to select HDD Info , and then press the Enter key.
    The HDD Information screen displays the hard drive information for your computer.
    In the example screen shown below, the computer has two hard drives: a Solid State Drive (SSD), and a mechanical hard drive. If your computer has just one hard drive, the screen displays information for only that drive.
    Figure 1: Example - HDD Information screen
    HDD Information screen
    1 - Solid state drive (SSD)
    2 - Mechanical hard drive
  6. To exit the HDD Information screen, select Exit , and then press the Enter key.
  7. To exit the System Diagnostics screen, select Exit , and then press the Enter key.
  8. Select Yes to answer the Are you sure? question, and then press the Enter key.
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