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    Upgrading my Inspiron's Hard Disk

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Maukuat, Sep 29, 2008.

  1. Maukuat

    Maukuat Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,

    I want to upgrade my old Inspiron 700m Hard Disk, currently it only has 30 Gb with 4200 RPM I think. And its a IDE not a SATA, so not much choices I could find in newegg.

    So I search newegg and found these 3 HD all is 160 Gb 5400 RPM. Different brand, all same price 70$.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...2E16822136114,N82E16822146200,N82E16822148073

    Which 1 should I get? Any suggestion? Thxs in advance.
     
    Maukuat, Sep 29, 2008
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    somms Notebook Evangelist

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    Guess any of the 3 would work...no IDE 2.5" SSD avail at newegg?
     
    somms, Sep 29, 2008
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    Hi Somms. I'm not sure if SSD will work on my old inspiron 700m.

    then again, SSD is exspensive and only little space available.

    So which of the 3 brands d u suggest? Thxs.
     
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    IMHO the Seagate...
     
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    Thxs somms. I hope it compatible and has no problem in the future.
     
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    Just 1 more stupid question

    After i bought the HD, is there a way I can just copy all the content of my C drive in my laptop to the new HD?

    So that I don't have to install windows and all the drivers to the new HD?
     
    Maukuat, Sep 30, 2008
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