Mobile Hard Drives
Mobile Hard Drives
Posted November 14, 2006
August 4, 2006
OK, I bought a laptop that has a bad hard drive, but I need some help about buying hard drives. Can you use hard drives from desktop computers?
Hi Spike,
I'm sorry to hear that your hard drive went belly up.
Unfortunately you cannot use a desktop hard drive with a notebook computer. Desktop hard drives are too large, for one thing. Notebooks take their own smaller 2.5 inch hard drives, such as the following drives listed on PriceGrabber:
You can also get notebook hard drives from local electronic stores. Buying locally is generally more expensive than ordering online, but returning the hard drive is easier, if you run into complications.
You will need an operating system disk if you plan on replacing your hard drive. Contact whomever you bought the laptop from if an OS disk was not supplied. Device drivers can usually be downloaded from the Internet, if you don't have a driver disk.
Replacing the hard drive on a notebook is trickier than a desktop. Because every model of notebook is a bit different, try locating the manual for the notebook first or downloading it from the Internet before accessing the hard drive compartment.
Keep in mind that companies warrant the hardware on the computers that they sell for varying amounts of time, so the hard drive may still be under warranty, and I would contact the company.
All the best
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