Re: [Hampshire] Laptop HD replacement

Rob Malpass wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 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
>

From experience many years back 2.5" laptop drives came in different
thicknesses. If you have a thin drive then fatter drives may not fit in
your laptop. The other way around and you may find it rattles about a
bit (a bad thing). However things may have changed and standardised since.

Simon C.