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    I am buying new Hard Drive.. Help please.

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by awaisuk, Jul 26, 2008.

  1. awaisuk

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    I am buying new Hard Drive.. Help please.

    I dont know which kind of hard drive i need for my Inspiron 1520?

    Can someone tell me which one do i buy? SATA? etc?

    Thanks.
     
    awaisuk, Jul 26, 2008
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    It's probably SATA.

    Look up the model number of the existing HDD in Device Manager then get Google to find out the details.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 26, 2008
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    awaisuk, Jul 26, 2008
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    I see no problems with that hard drive in your 1520
     
    millermagic, Jul 26, 2008
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    Is there anything higher than 500gb for laptops?
     
    awaisuk, Jul 26, 2008
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    SomeFormOFhuman has the dumbest username.

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    At the moment, no. :) But don't mind if I may ask, why do you need so much space on a single harddrive? It's best to get an external drive in my humble opinion. Just remember to backup your stuff regularly.
     
    SomeFormOFhuman, Jul 26, 2008
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    I am the type that likes to have 1 large one also . . . Until I get a "station" set up, external is almost more of a nuisance. I say, spend 100 bucks and get the Samsung M series 320 Gb. That would be my current choice. Lots of space, and very fast. Money well spent.
     
    mgh_a1, Jul 27, 2008
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    Hold on, isn't the Hitachi 500gb drive a little thicker than the standard 2.5" drives? Do a little more research on that model and if it says that its thickness is 12.5mm, then it won't fit in you 1520.

    EDIT: My suspicions have been confirmed, the last spec on that page is that the form factor is 12.5mm, this drive will *not* fit in your 1520.

    EDIT2: This is the drive that you need: http://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-500G-50...yZ111503QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem . It's more expensive, but that's because in order to fit 500gb in a thinner drive, Samsung had to fit everything on two platters instead of three.
     
    Bchen06, Jul 27, 2008
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