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    re: tangent cy27

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by bmoyer1, Apr 17, 2009.

  1. bmoyer1

    bmoyer1 Newbie

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    HI,
    someone gave me this notebook, it needs a new hard drive? What would be the cheapest, yet a good one to get, does anyone know anything about this laptop?
    thanks
    Betty
     
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  2. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    What interface is your current harddrive?
    PATA or SATA

    PATA drives have like 40 pins sticking out of one end of the drive
    SATA drives have 15 connectors if I remember correctly

    You can also find this data out from the model number on your current harddrive.
    This model number is located on the top of your harddrive.
    If you do not want to take the harddrive out of your laptop, you can download HDTUNE, and it will tell you the model of your harddrive in the pull down menu.

    From there we can determine what would be an appropriate replacement drive

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 17, 2009
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