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    Help! My Hard Drive for Inspiron 6400 died!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by nuke789, Apr 10, 2009.

  1. nuke789

    nuke789 Newbie

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    I need help really bad.
    MyHard Drive for Inspiron 6400 died! I am photographer and need to get this running as soon as possible.
    It came with a 120GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive.
    Trying to replace it with a bigger HD.
    Not sure what to get.
    Would the 7200 rpm be better.
    Would the Seagate ST9160411AS Momentus 7200.3 SATA 3Gb/s 160 GB Bulk/OEM Hard Driven work?
    Not sure what to buy.
    If you guys can lead me in the right.
    Thanks in advance
    Eric
     
    nuke789, Apr 10, 2009
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Pretty much any 2.5" SATA drive will work.
     
    namaiki, Apr 10, 2009
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  3. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    Any 2.5" SATA hard drive would work for your laptop as namaiki mentioned.
    I'd personally go with a Western Digital brand, but Seagates are also very decent.
    Newegg is a great place for computer junkies to buy parts from. Any of THESE would work for you.

    Keep in mind that a higher capacity 5400RPM drive will perform similar to a low capacity 7200RPM due to the 5400RPM drive having a denser disk platter.
     
    David, Apr 10, 2009
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  4. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    yes it would work. try newegg or ebay.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 10, 2009
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    K-TRON, Apr 10, 2009
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