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    dv9820 hard disk question

    Discussion in 'HP' started by mikew, Jun 24, 2008.

  1. mikew

    mikew Newbie

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    Hi there

    Got a dv9820 and I have a 100Gb EIDE 2.5" laptop disk spare, that would be nice to put in the second drive bay... but thats a strange connector, perhaps SATA? Is the EIDE 2.5" drive any use and anyway to fit into the dv9820 please?

    Btw i like the 9820 it seems quite fast, but i think vista eats a lot of that extra performance. I will perhaps downgrade to XP at some stage. curious what others think of the dv9820 (AMD).

    Cheers
    Mike
     
    mikew, Jun 24, 2008
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    EIDE and SATA are two different types of hard drives, and you will not be able to use one in the place of another.
     
    Greg, Jun 24, 2008
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