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    What internal hard drive should i get?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by lukevale, Sep 17, 2012.

  1. lukevale

    lukevale Newbie

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    Hello all, Firstly I'll let you know I'm quite a novice when it comes to computers but i like to give things a go. I have completed the appropriate searches on my Toshiba Lap Top to conclude my internal hard drive is cactus and requires a new one to be purchased. I have taken the hard drive out of the Lap top and the numbers and letters don't really relate to any thing on the market. Should it be this hard or what? Please help :)
     
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    My list in order of reliability for HDD, if you have the cash and don't need lots of space buy an Samsung 830 SDD, best for value and performance and reliability, last for HDD becomes first for SDD, how ironic.

    1: Western digital
    2: Hitachi
    3: Seagate
    4: Toshiba
    5: Samsung

    John.
     
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  3. JOSEA

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    Welcome to the forum, please post the exact model of your Toshiba. Are you looking for faster loading of your programs (SSD most expensive), or do you want more space (Conventional HDD cheapest).
    OR the best of both worlds (Hybrid drive - fast loading and more space priced in between)
     
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    lukevale Newbie

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    Cheers for the replies peoples, the exact model is a Toshiba Satellite, L650, Model no PSK1JA-0FP017. Also the speed was fine when it was working as was the memory capacity.
     
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    A quick search looks like your "cactus" drive was a 5400 RPM 640 GIG hard drive. If you open windows explorer, right click drive C, properties it will tell you your capacity. If it does not boot you may have to take the cover off to read the capacity off the hard drive label. Tinderbox makes great suggestions AFA brands, I would stick with a conventional hard drive (7200 RPM) in your case, like this Amazon.com: Western Digital WD Scorpio Black 750 GB SATA 3 GB/s 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache Internal Bulk/OEM 2.5-Inch Mobile Hard Drive: Electronics. Good luck with whatever you get!
    Pls see visitor message I left in your profile.
     
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  6. lukevale

    lukevale Newbie

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    Cheers Josea, You've been a great help already and to answer your question i probaly used half my capacity, but i was more concerned whether any internal hard drive would plug into mine, are they all universal plugs in that sense?
     
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    Yup, they're all SATA.
     
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    Almost every drive now uses the SATA plugs; look for that. There are a few that are still PATA, the older standard, sometimes called IDE. Those won't work. However, nowadays, the remaining new PATA ones are generally lower capacity, too - less than 640 GB.
     
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  9. lukevale

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    Excellent, thankyou all, you've been a great help :)
     
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    cdoublejj Notebook Deity

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    you oculd get faster load times if you get a 7200 rpm drive.
     
    cdoublejj, Sep 18, 2012
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