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From: "Sean Gibbins" <sean@???>
To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Laptop HD replacement
> Rob Malpass wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> My laptop HD crashed yesterday, but never having replaced any laptop
>> component before (let alone a hard drive), can I have a simple
>> question: Will _any_ 2.5in HDD be a suitable replacement?
>
> Should be okay Rob.
>
> The only thing I have encountered in this regard is the small adapters
> Dell employ that sit between the hard drive and the IDE interface.
> However, it was a case of buying a standard 2.5 " drive (like this one)
> and carefully removing said adapter from the dead drive and pushing it
> equally carefully onto the new one.
>
> Stating the obvious here: some laptops use SATA interface hard drives
> now, so ensure yours isn't one of them if you are purchasing that
> particular drive!
>
> Also, another 7 quid doubles the size of the drive, and an extra 12 quid
> trebles it...
>
> http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-NBHD80
> http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-NBHD12
>
> Sean
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Thanks Sean
Looking at the labels on the dead one, it is IDE/ATA (IBM Travelstar) and it
seems there's no special adapter.
Cheers
Rob
