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Laptop Hard drive replacement??
#323965 09/27/10 02:05 AM
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Can anyone give me some suggestions for a replacement harddrive for a HP Pavilion dv6000 series laptop. This has been a pretty sturdy little laptop which is now used by my 3 kids. Any suggestions on what to buy or avoid would be greatly appreciated.


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jorge016 #323966 09/27/10 02:37 AM
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Sounds like it's got a standard 2.5" laptop drive. I might look at the Seagate Momentus XT line for a bit of a speed boost and probably a capacity boost as well. If you want speed at the expense of capacity, look into SSDs. I'd go with something from OCZ, Crucial, Corsair, or Intel.


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Ken.C #324002 09/27/10 03:23 PM
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Go with the Seagate or the Corsair - base your purchase price on disk size and spin rate.

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Capn_Pickard #324003 09/27/10 03:26 PM
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The hitachi 7k500 series are some pretty sweet drives. Quieter than the other 7krpm laptop drives and a little faster too (last I checked)

This is another interesting option.

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?threadid=2260539

I'd love to have a SSD but $$$$$$


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prototype3a #324005 09/27/10 03:34 PM
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I don't know anything about that HP laptop and I'm too lazy to look it up.

However, I recently replaced a hard drive in an ancient Dell. It was easy, but - for my model - I had to make sure I got an IDE drive rather than the modern, common SATA interface. YMMV.


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tomtuttle #324332 09/30/10 12:54 PM
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Thanks for the help-don't have time to research as I'm building a new shop on the farm. Knew you guys could help.


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