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Acer laptop hard drive problem

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by jackgee, Jun 30, 2010.

  1. jackgee

    jackgee Member

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    I hope I'm in the right section for this question. My Acer laptop hard drive needs replaced and I'm struggling to find a reasonably priced acer replacement. Can I replace with another make of hard drive? If so how do I know that the other make hard drive will be compatable with my laptop. Sorry if this sounds a stupid question, cheers in advance....J
     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    can use any manufacturer but have to get drive with same interface(ide or sata) as old drive.
     
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    You can try like ddp said any manafacturer the best are seagate or western digital and 2.5inch size and the connection type is vital.
     
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    Cheers m8, much appreciated
     
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    Cheers m8, much appreciated
     
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    I've had great luck with hitachi laptop drives...WD does a good job too, and they run cool.

    I love Seagate's desktop drives, but their laptop drives always fail on me; I don't think they are built strong enough for the abuse I give them. The only seagate laptop drive that I did not get "clicking" from within the first 6 months was the one that came with my PS3...and within a week of putting it into an external enclosure, it developed clicking syndrome as well.
     
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