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    Need a new hard drive - please help!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cibulet, Jan 20, 2006.

  1. cibulet

    cibulet Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey,

    The hard drive in my sister's Dell Inspiron 1100 crashed and she needs a new one quick. I have three picked out as potentials but do not know anything about interfaces. My question is whether or not the interface makes a difference/should be a factor in getting a new HDD. Is it a compatibility issue?

    I don't know what the interface is right now on her laptop HDD, but the interfaces of the three potential new HDD are: "Ultra ATA/100", "ATA-6", and "EIDE".
    Here are the URLs...
    Fujitsu:
    http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=003533&cid=HD.517

    Seagate:
    http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=003608&cid=HD.517

    Western Digital:
    http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=007722&cid=HD.517


    Thanks in advance and please reply asap.
     
    cibulet, Jan 20, 2006
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    They are all the same. You just don't want one that is SATA. You might want to look for one with a warranty longer than one year.
     
    ZaZ, Jan 21, 2006
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    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    Seagate gets my vote!
     
    AuroraS, Jan 21, 2006
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  4. Shampoo

    Shampoo Notebook Deity

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    Seagate and Western Digital both get a vote each from me~!

    I personally like and have used Western Digital harddrives for some time now and their warranty is awesome. If you ever need to have it replaced you just fill out a form online and ship it over to them and they send you a refurbished one really quick.

    Their scorpio line is great, just make sure you get the 8mb version and not the 2mb like I did because I didn't make sure of it. Oh well.

    Either way you won't go wrong with the Seagate or WD.

    Cheers,
    Mike
     
    Shampoo, Jan 22, 2006
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