On Tuesday 15 July 2008 17:52:27 Simon Capstick wrote:
> 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.
I can confirm this, as I was given an old 2.5 hard disk which I bought a cheap
USB external casing for only to find the drive was to thick. I had two 2.5
drives at the time one dead, one working and one of them was and IBM drive,
trouble is can't remember which one was the dead one and which was the
thicker one.
Tim
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