topic Replacement HDD required in PCs & Accessories

Replacement HDD required

HITS-UK — Thu, 12 May 2005 08:42:01 GMT

I have a customer's non-warranty laptop that was dropped. The HDD is knackered and I need another one. It is for a PCG-GR3F/BP (Asia/Pac Rim Notebook). It currently has a 40Gb unit in it (but judging by the noise it is making it is probably just a box of shrapnel. Anyone got any ideas?

Re: Replacement HDD required

jammold — Thu, 12 May 2005 14:37:48 GMT

HITS, does it need to be the same hard disk? I.e. Same manufacturer that Sony used first time?

I did find this:

Samsung SpinPoint M Series 40GB (MP0402H) HDD

Hope this helps.

Re: Replacement HDD required

seb21__ — Thu, 12 May 2005 14:52:56 GMT

LOL, why not upgrading to a bigger one?

Re: Replacement HDD required

kee-lo_ — Thu, 12 May 2005 16:09:43 GMT

Is it a standard size disk?

Re: Replacement HDD required

HITS-UK — Fri, 13 May 2005 09:34:32 GMT

Thanks for these postings. I'll strip the unit and see what can be done. If it is a standard size I will see what can be done, if not then it is consigned to Room 101.

Re: Replacement HDD required

seb21__ — Fri, 13 May 2005 10:14:08 GMT

Mmmmh, I have a Hitachi/IBM HDD in my VAIO.

It's a travelstar 80GN. True, it has only 4200RPM but it is pretty fast for that. You can buy this drive with up to 80GB.

The price for the 60GB version is approx 80¿ here. The prices of the 80GB version start at 130¿.

Re: Replacement HDD required

kee-lo_ — Fri, 13 May 2005 12:14:38 GMT

if not then it is consigned to Room 101.

I'm sure Paul Merton will pull that lever too!