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    Is this HDD good for M1330?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by nickd916, Aug 10, 2008.

  1. nickd916

    nickd916 Notebook Enthusiast

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    DFI Fan Notebook Evangelist

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    I believe that will work, but remember the M1330 can only fit one hard drive so you will have to figure out a way to copy your data from the old hard drive onto the new one. You may need to reinstall the OS as well, unless you clone it over to the new one. I guess you could copy the data over using a desktop PC (and external enclosures for 2.5" HDDs).
     
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    jnewell Notebook Consultant

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    I am running that drive as an aftermarket upgrade in my M1330 - works fine. I bought an external enclosure and used Acronis to clone the original drive to the new one and then swapped the two drives so the original is in the outboard enclosure but there are lots of other ways to do this.
     
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    My M1330 came with this drive. Nice drive, very fast for a 5400rpm drive. Benches faster than most smaller 7200rpm drives. It would be my first choice if you are looking for a 320GB drive.
     
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