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08-19-2004, 12:04 AM
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laptop HDD
ok i have a friend who is bringing her laptop to vegas for a hard drive upgrade
i am not sure what type interface the drive should be.here are her spec's http://ecsusa.com/products/a928_spec.html the hard drive specs say ATA 33/66/100 enhanced ide (pio mode 4) the laptop drive i am looking at say's IDE ultra ATA-6 will it work,here it is http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...146-032&depa=1 i wanted to order it before she got here.thank you |
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08-19-2004, 12:41 AM
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Laptop hard drives are essentially universal, ANY 2.5" 9.5mm high drive will work. Ultra ATA-6 is the same thing as ATA100. Might want to reconsider the brand - Seagate drives now come with a 5 year warranty.
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08-19-2004, 01:03 AM
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if a drive come's OEM do i need to go to website and d/l a drive disk.or will
window's XP do it automaticaly Last edited by Brown Hornet; 08-19-2004 at 01:49 AM. |
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08-19-2004, 08:33 AM
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Have her bring all the install,recovery,or restore CDs that came with the laptop so that you have the drivers for that particular laptop.
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08-19-2004, 09:33 AM
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If she has a lot of data, you will want a kit to "clone" the old drive to the new one.
http://www.apricorn.com/product_details.php?ID=220 |
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08-19-2004, 02:09 PM
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I would ghost the drive, then upgrade it, I would also suggest going to a 7200rpm, it is a nice speed upgrade. You will not need to go to the website and download anything.
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08-19-2004, 11:38 PM
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thanx for the feed back everyone
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08-19-2004, 11:40 PM
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7200 rpm laptop drives are not very common and quite pricey. Because of the smaller platters, a 5400 rpm drive performs like a 7200 rpm 3.5" drive.
Gonna need some kind of kit (such as I linked to) to ghost a laptop drive - unless that laptop can accept a second hard drive in one of the bays. |
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