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Originally Posted by rowan
Considering your HD just crashed are you sure you should be seeking something "cheap" ? 
If it's a recent model laptop then there shouldn't be any probs with replacing the HD, but you may run into some hurdles with reinstalling everything. Did your lappy come with a restore disk? I swapped out a 40Gb HD (with everything preinstalled) for a 100Gb new drive and the restore disk fixed everything up.
You may also want to buy a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter to see if you can read the drive's contents in a desktop PC. |
I don't need anything huge or fast for storage is what I meant by cheap. Just a browsing/email system at this point for a disabled relative. Just wondered if I could order any new 2.5" hard drive, use the restore CD and take it to them.
Nothing was on the disk that wasn't already backed up, so I don't need to try and get anything off it.