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Question about Hard Drive pulled from '00 laptop

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CrimsonKnight

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I have built mutiple desktop systems, but I'm not too familiar with laptops. Some guy I work with asked me to take a look at his Dell from like 2000...I found the hard drive to be faulty but It's an old IBM Travelstar and I don't recognize the interface, it has 40 pins like an IDE connector, but it's kind of miniaturized, that would be the best way to describe it....i'm looking to prices for a replacement so I need to know what to look for. Thanks.
 
My old HPO laptop is connected by an adapter that turns the pins from the hard drive (pointing straight out) down to the motherboard. Is that what you are referring to?
 
2.5" drives all use the same connector, but different from desktop 40-pin IDE.

You can:
(a) buy a 2.5" external enclosure ($20+)
-or-
(b) buy a 2.5" -to- 3.5" adapter kit ($2+)
 
Yeah, it's pretty much the same interface as IDE, it's just smaller.

You can get an adapter if you want to hook it to a computer.

There's nothing you'll specifically need to look for in terms of the interface, but make sure that you get the same size and same RPM drive.

In laptops putting a 5400rpm drive in a laptop that used to have a 4200rpm drive will significantly degrade the battery life. Performance will increase, but laptops aren't made to be super high performance.

There are a few different size laptop hard drives, so make sure the physical size is the same.
 
Hi, I've worked on many laptops. In the last few years they have all had the same type of Hard Drive. Biggest difference in drives was thickness. Be sure to get one thin enough to fit. The thinest one will always fit. Other than that the drives are are all the same. IBM used to put the drive in a plastic lump, but after you opened the lump a standard drive was found. Just mount your new drive in the lump. Some times the holes in the side of the drive don't match the molded pins. Just clip them off. Hope this helps a little, Jim
 
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