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    replacing harddrive in 9300?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by TronCarter123, Nov 11, 2005.

  1. TronCarter123

    TronCarter123 Notebook Geek

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    is this possible? i searched and couldnt find anything.. my friend whos got one also wants to get a bigger harddrive.. rightnow hes got a 60gb and wants like 100-120.. is it possible to replace?
     
    TronCarter123, Nov 11, 2005
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  2. srdhkl

    srdhkl Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Yes, you can replace the hard drive. I did it with my 9300 without any problems.
     
    srdhkl, Nov 11, 2005
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    conghelach Notebook Consultant

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    Yes you can upgrade the hard drive, currently I believe the largest laptop drive is only 100 gigabytes. It might be more cost effective for him to just buy an external hard drive either notebook sized drive or a desktop sized external drive where you can get a really large capacity of say 250 to 300 gigabytes for the same price you would pay for a new laptop hard drive of 100 gig capacity. An external drive would use a USB port
     
    conghelach, Nov 12, 2005
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  4. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    You can take the old hard drive and put it in a case for extra storage or backups.
     
    ZaZ, Nov 12, 2005
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    rdiver Notebook Guru

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    rdiver, Nov 12, 2005
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    note that you will need an external power source if u decide to go with a 3.5" drive instead of a 2.5" drive
     
    drumfu, Nov 12, 2005
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    The largest notebook hard drives 120GB now.
     
    ZaZ, Nov 12, 2005
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    Ardor Notebook Evangelist

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    But we can't go SATA on the 9300 right?
     
    Ardor, Nov 12, 2005
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    conghelach Notebook Consultant

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    I just looked at some external drives at best buy, the normal 3.5 inch external drives will offer you a much larger capacity and a better price than the 2.5 inch drives will.
     
    conghelach, Nov 13, 2005
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    Not as portable though.
     
    ZaZ, Nov 13, 2005
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  11. TronCarter123

    TronCarter123 Notebook Geek

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    sorry for replying so much later but i heard that external drives wear out a lot faster like if i was to use it to store all my music for itunes and whatnot
    not sure just what i heard
     
    TronCarter123, Nov 25, 2005
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