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Old 03-20-2006, 07:43 AM   #1
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Notebook Hard drive crashed

Bios won't even recognize it. I need a replacement. Where should I look for something in a cheap drive say about 20gb. This will be a laptop for for someone just to use for email and browsing. It is a Dell Latitude X200. Can I just buy any 2.5" notebook drive and put it in?
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Old 03-20-2006, 07:49 AM   #2
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Old 03-20-2006, 07:49 AM   #3
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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.
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Old 03-20-2006, 08:08 AM   #4
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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.
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Old 03-20-2006, 08:10 AM   #5
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Old 03-20-2006, 08:11 AM   #6
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damn... that sucks :S
hope u didn't lost much :S
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Old 03-20-2006, 08:12 AM   #7
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yea you just need a 2.5" drive I would go for about 40gb the price diff will probably not be much I bought a 60gb drive the other day for about $100
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Old 03-20-2006, 08:27 AM   #8
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Thanks.. Any idea what the ATA-6 and ATA-7 will mean? Just want to make sure I get a compatible drive.
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