The hd in my dell notebook is damaged and needs to be replaced. Can I
replace it with any laptop hd, are all note book hds compatible?

Thanks

what is the model for the notebook
but just guessing most new notebook drives will work.

"ken" <kneber1@rover.net> wrote in message
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As a general rule YES.. just make sure you have the correct adapters etc..
If you ron a DELL. depending on the make / model there fairly simple to
replace. (Especially if it's a Lattitude) ..

Compubyte
"ken" <kneber1@rover.net> wrote in message
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In generaly, yes, you can use any laptop (e.g. 2.5 inch) hard drive.
Such drives do come in several standard thicknesses, and it goes without
saying that the drive has to fit. But most laptops will take a 12.5mm
drive, while almost all current drives are 9.5mm thick (thinner is ok),
and there are very few of the thicker 18mm drives still floating around
(as far as I know, no drives thicker than 12.5mm are still being made).
You do need to make sure that you get the right interface (IDE or
SATA) ... there are very few SATA 2.5" laptop drives, but they do exist
and some of the very newest very high-end laptops do use them.
Everything else is transparent, although faster rotational speeds and
large cache sizes will provide better performance.


ken wrote:

ken wrote:
When the hard drive on my notebook (Dell Inspiron 8000) failed, I
replaced it with a 30GB Fujitsu MHT2030AT bought from a university
computer store. I don't recall the original drvie was, but it
wasn't Fujitsu.

Thank you all very much for your replies.

I have an Inspiron 2650, and the original drive is a Hitachi DK 30 GB. I'm
considering the Fujitsu MHT-AH MHT2040AH 40GB 5400 RPM 8MB -- $65. Any
recommendations for something comparable at a lower price? I wouldn't mind
another 30GB as I don't really store huge files on the notebook.

Thanks again.

ken wrote:

Well, I paid over a hundred for mine (in Canada). I don't remember
exactly how much, could be even as high as $140 or $170. But that
was 1.5 years ago. I would be surprised if you can get anything
that small in capacity now.