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    Replacement HD for my mom's laptop.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by pixelot, Jan 2, 2009.

  1. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    She had an 80 GB Seagate Momentus 5400.2 ATA that died. :eek:

    My question is if this will replace it smoothly? I'm not the most knowledgeable about hard drives. So, will it work? The only differences I could see are the .3 instead of .2, and is the ATA-6 something different? :eek:

    Oh, actually, this one is 40 GB more for $4 more. :D
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    ATA-6 is the interface, as in IDE
    Dont bother spending money on that harddrive. You can get the Samsung HM160HC for the same price and it is a much faster drive.
    The seagate you linked to can do 34mb/sec, whereas the Samsung drive can do 53mb/sec, and they are about the same price

    Here is my review of the drive: (It is actually faster than the 7200rpm drives for the ATA interface)
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=264209

    You can get the drive for $53+ shipping on zipzoomfly:
    http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10007684&prodlist=froogle

    or $56+shipping on lagoom:
    http://www.lagoom.com/Samsung_Spinpoint_M5_160GB_2_5/HM160HC/partinfo-id-578898.html


    If you do not like Samsung, than the Western Digital WD2500BEVE is a good option, It goes for about $80

    K-TRON
     
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Thanks ever so much, K-TRON. :smile:

    And this will work as a replacement, right?
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Yes the Samsung drive will be a good replacement drive for your moms laptop.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jan 2, 2009
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