davoaz
Sep 9th, 09, 2:53 PM
Wifes HD failed on her laptop. Can you buy a replace the HD like you can with a desktop?
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: Can a laptop HD be replaced? Mike Sep 9th, 09, 3:07 PM Depends on the brand/model. Have a look here - http://www.sparepartswarehouse.com/ TronDD Sep 9th, 09, 4:09 PM Typically, yes. Usually a little door on the bottom held on with a screw that has the hard drive underneath. Tim. ChaosEnvy Sep 9th, 09, 4:12 PM Yes, 2.5" SATA/PATA drives. Look at Tiger Direct , New Egg, or your local store. They are usually mounting from the bottom as mention above. I have also seen them as slide out pieces, like a DVD Drive or Floppy. I have also seen laptops where the hard drive is under the keyboard. In all cases, it is easy to get to and can be swapped out in a matter of a few minutes. Take the old one out first, before heading to the store... to make sure you get the right terminal end. Big D Finally Sep 9th, 09, 4:28 PM Took the HD out of my daughters old laptop. Don't remember the brand but the laptop died. Plugged it into my Dell laptop so I could save some files on it. Berto Sep 9th, 09, 4:39 PM you can replace the harddrive out of most any laptops. I replaced a drive in a G4 Mac last night. It was sort of a pain to get to, had to pull the keyboard and bezel and remove about 30 screws to get the carriage apart, but in the end it was a typical 9 mm (2.5) laptop drive, EIDE. Now, I just need to find a cd with Mac OSX on it to reload the operating system. Sid Coleman Sep 9th, 09, 5:46 PM Did it in my Dell, no problems! Xplantdad Sep 10th, 09, 3:15 PM Wifes HD failed on her laptop. Can you buy a replace the HD like you can with a desktop? Dave...we can do it in about 4 minutes...Let me know if you need some help!:beers: BillsCamino Sep 10th, 09, 4:15 PM I swap out the SSD drive in my Dell Mini 9 all the time...one drive runs Linux; the other is Win XP. Takes about 30 seconds...4 screws. Haven't found a drive big enough yet so I can just leave it alone and dual boot. :( ChaosEnvy Sep 10th, 09, 4:57 PM I swap out the SSD drive in my Dell Mini 9 all the time...one drive runs Linux; the other is Win XP. Takes about 30 seconds...4 screws. Haven't found a drive big enough yet so I can just leave it alone and dual boot. :( Solid State is in its infancy, give it some time. You have to love the instance access though. Big D Hot66ss Sep 12th, 09, 4:04 AM Solid State is in its infancy, give it some time. You have to love the instance access though. Big D Can't wait until I can get a 500 gig solid state drive for a couple hundred bucks. when that day comes along I will be on board! | ||