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    Compaq Presario M2010US HDD Upgrade Help

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Lwhennen, Oct 13, 2008.

  1. Lwhennen

    Lwhennen Notebook Enthusiast

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    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    That drive will work just fine.

    The standard M2000 bios supports up to 80gb to begin with anyway.

    You just have to swap the hard drive caddy from you old one to the new one. See your service manual if you need help.
     
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    Lwhennen Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks. one more question how do you suggest i transfer my os to new drive since its internal.p.s. i have a desktop readily available.
     
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    thanks man
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    That drive is a two platter 80gb drive, which will be faster than your current drive, but it will still be kinda slow.
    If you want to upgrade to a faster harddrive, you should look into the Samsung Hm160HC. It is the fastest IDE/PATA harddrive. It is faster than all other 5400 and 7200rpm drives for the interface.
    Here is my review of the drive:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=264209&highlight=HM160HC

    It can be had for about $65, which to me is worth it for the huge performance gain.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Oct 14, 2008
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