Help with replacement of HDD

SevSaint

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I have a HP DV7-3160us and the hard drive went out.
Did a hard drive check error (305). Hard drive failed.

Went on newegg.com to search for hard drives. Do i just need an internal 2.5 HDD, or is there a certain type i need for it?
 

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