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My Laptop is rather sickly
![]() On startup it gives me some message about impending failure of my hard drive, and once it's booted up it doesn't really do anything useful that you might reasonably expect of a computer. Was thinking of buying this. Can anyone please advise me if this is a sensible route to take? - anything else I should need to consider? - offers of help fitting? Many thanks Stu |
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Dabs have 40GB Toshiba 2.5" drives in stock - £26.99 + P&P + VAT.
I know where I'd rather buy from. |
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I'd buy the one from dabs
They're very easy to fit - look around on the bottom of the laptop until you find a plate held on by a few screws - undo these and the hard disk will come out quite easily - unless it's a spare battery in which case put the plate back on and try the next one . . . You'll next need a 'bootable' CD with whatever operating system you're going to install, and then away you go - should take less than 2 hours even with a full format of the new HD hth |
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I was just going by the fact that it had my computer model number in the listing
![]() Is this really going to pep up the whole system and be running like new again? |
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Check out ebuyer.co.uk as its where I got mine, hard drive laptops like desktops are pretty standard and its only the actual caddy bit that holds the drive in thats unique, simply unclip it and put it on the new drive. Any help needed give us a shout |
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Just remember that 7200rpm drives use more power - hence less battery life.
5400 are generally ok David |
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Just remember if you by a 3rd party hard drive to make sure it is compatible, i.e. same form factor ATA100, SATA, etc Also you need to format it and install windows. You may even want to consider an external 2.5" drive caddy to make life simple for transfering all you files from the old drive after you have swapped them. They aren't expensive less than £10 I think
As above Ebuyer can't be beaten for price. Good Luck! |
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