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    harddrive for my notebook

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by shanaka, Feb 18, 2009.

  1. shanaka

    shanaka Newbie

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    will the seagate momentus ST9500420ASG 500gb 7200 rpm harddrive work on my laptop its a dell xps m1530 and this hdd is 2.5''
     
    shanaka, Feb 18, 2009
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    paper_wastage Beat this 7x7x7 Cube

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    it should be able to

    standard SATA 2.5" drive
     
    paper_wastage, Feb 19, 2009
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  3. avanish11

    avanish11 Panda! ^_^

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    yeah it should work as long as it's not too thick for the laptop. My old laptop only supported hard drives up to a certain thickness, so other drives with 3 platters wouldn't work on it.
     
    avanish11, Feb 19, 2009
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