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    Dell Dudes: Can anyone advise me re HDD on Inspiron 8200?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by GeorgineVJ, Jul 10, 2006.

  1. GeorgineVJ

    GeorgineVJ Notebook Consultant

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    My hubby's Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop just fried the hd and I am about to order him a replacement. Can anyone tell me if this one will work? I've never ordered a hard drive for a laptop and am unsure on all the technicalities of it, although all the info *seems* to match what I'm pulling out of his machine. I'm upgrading a bit though. His was an IBM Travelstar 30 GB 4200 rpm, I found a Hitachi Travelstar 60 GB 5400 rpm for a great price here:
    http://tinyurl.com/fnwfd

    Thanks for any info. Oh, and btw, did Hitachi buy out the drives subsidiary of IBM or something?
     
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    It will work, but it is cheaper here. Yes Hitachi did buy IBM's disk drive division.
     
    ZaZ, Jul 11, 2006
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    GeorgineVJ Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the heads up. I was going to check before ordering, but it's good to be forewarned. I'll use newegg.com.

    :)
     
    GeorgineVJ, Jul 11, 2006
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