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vostro 1700 hdd upgrade ?s

Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sinfolmatt, Jul 31, 2007.

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I posted this in the dell section but then realized it my be better here:

I ordered the Vostro 1700 with dual HDD 120 gigs each for a total of 240gigs. They are both 5400 rpm.

I just realized I actually have a 200gig HDD with 7200 rpm that I am not using. Am I able to run 1 HDD at 7200 rpm and another at 5400?

The HDD I have is a Western Digital Caviar SE WD2000JS 200GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM, if it matters.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822144416

Also if I am able to do this replacement would people recommend it?

I would probably put one of the original hdds into an external enclosure and keep it as an external hdd

sinfolmatt, Jul 31, 2007

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The WD2000JS is a 3.5" desktop HDD not a notebook HD. So, you wont be able to use it as a second HD in the 1720/1700.

miner, Jul 31, 2007

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ah I did not notice that laptops use different size hard drives and didnt think to check for some reason. thanks

sinfolmatt, Jul 31, 2007

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