[mdlug] laptop harddrive

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Dan DeSloover wrote:
> Not only that every laptop I've worked on has an easy access panel (4-6
> screws) to the hard drive bay and maybe another three screws to remove the
> hard drive.

Some access panels take as few as 2 screws. The additional screws often
secure the drive to a loading tray, and/or interface connector.

> Garry Stahl wrote:
>> Robert Jim Fulner wrote:
>>> She currently has a 55 GB, I'm sure I wouldn't need more than that as
>>> she has not used up most of that already. If you ask my wife she'll
>>> tell you she needs much larger, I'm sure. I tried to talk her out of
>>> the 500 GB external, and she went ahead and got it 2 years ago,
>>> currently with less than 10 gigs of stuf on it. (Not the least of
>>> which is me backing mup my /home directory each time I upgrade,
>>> without her knowledge of course).

If you get a new drive its hard to find anything under 80 Gig. Lots of
room for two operating system if you want to dual boot. Or, if your
going with strictly linux you still have lots of room for a second
"emergency" install on a "hidden" (not mounted) partition that you can
boot into to fix the first one.

>> I have nothing in that range.  You also have to know SATA or EIDE.  They
>> are not interchangeable.  Getting the hard drive out it will be
>> obvious.  SATA has the narrow little plug, IDE is a wide one.
>>
>> Find out what you need.  Get same, replace.

At 55 Gig it's almost certainly IDE, but do get the manual and check.

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