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  • Brujah
    Beer Money Baron
    • Jan 2001
    • 22157
    #1

    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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    • ffmihai
      keep walking...
      • Jun 2002
      • 7177
      #2
      i know this site.. is called www.ebay.com ;)

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        • rowan
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Mar 2002
          • 17393
          #3
          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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            • Brujah
              Beer Money Baron
              • Jan 2001
              • 22157
              #4
              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.

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                • G-Rotica
                  Confirmed User
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 4258
                  #5
                  Try here Dirt Cheap Drives

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                    • mOrrI
                      It's over there...
                      • Nov 2004
                      • 4212
                      #6
                      damn... that sucks :S
                      hope u didn't lost much :S

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                        • s9ann0
                          Confirmed User
                          • Sep 2001
                          • 4873
                          #7
                          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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                            • Brujah
                              Beer Money Baron
                              • Jan 2001
                              • 22157
                              #8
                              Originally posted by G-Rotica
                              Try here Dirt Cheap Drives
                              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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