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    will a 12.5 mm thick hdd fit in a DV7T (i need a very quick and accurate answer)

    Discussion in 'HP' started by DIMENTIO1, Dec 3, 2008.

  1. DIMENTIO1

    DIMENTIO1 Notebook Guru

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    im gonna get the 400 GB 12.5 mm thick laptop hdd from newegg but it doesnt say if itll fit in my specific laptop
     
    DIMENTIO1, Dec 3, 2008
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    never mind it wont...
     
    DIMENTIO1, Dec 3, 2008
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  3. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Why don't you just get the 9.5mm 500gb western Digital one?
     
    Ayle, Dec 3, 2008
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  4. timesquaredesi

    timesquaredesi MagicPeople VooDooPeople

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    ^ that drive is about $130-$140 right now, that's the cheapest I could find it.

    alternatively, i put a link in my sig for a 320gb drive for only $77 bucks off of amazon, if you're interested.

    you have a dv7t so you can do what many of us did - add another hard drive to the empty spot on the chasis. i doubled my disk space.

    it's sick having 640gb of space IN a laptop. my dv7t came with a 320gb and i bought a 320gb from amazon and installed it.
     
    timesquaredesi, Dec 4, 2008
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  5. DIMENTIO1

    DIMENTIO1 Notebook Guru

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    i got the 500 GB 5400rpm 9.5 mm thick one for 114$
     
    DIMENTIO1, Dec 4, 2008
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  6. JoeCHecht

    JoeCHecht Notebook Consultant

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    I have sixteen WD 250's in service. The failure rates have been very high.

    I have been slowly switching over to the samsug 500's. Best prices I have purchased at was $98 and $99 (with free shipping) at new egg.

    J
     
    JoeCHecht, Dec 5, 2008
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    Eh, please explain? :confused:

    Regards

    John.

     
    Tinderbox (UK), Dec 5, 2008
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    JoeCHecht Notebook Consultant

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    WD = Western Digital. They make hard drives.

    250's = 250gb. This is the size of the drive.

    Samsung = Samsung. They also make hard drives.

    500's = 500gb. This is the size of the drive.

    "sixteen WD 250's in service" = I have a a lot of notebooks, with a lot of hard drives. I had 16 total western digital hard drives in use.

    "The failure rates have been very high" = I have had lots of problems with the Western digital drives.

    "I have been slowly switching over to the samsug 500's." = I have been replacing the Western Digital 250gb drives with Samsung 500 GB drives.


    "Best prices I have purchased at was $98 and $99 (with free shipping) at new egg." = Over the past few days, the pricing has been very low for these drives, and the company I bought from (NewEgg), offered free shipping.

    Hope that helps :)

    Joe
     
    JoeCHecht, Dec 6, 2008
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