SmileyBri

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Hello all!

I have a Compaq Presario 1920 Laptop computer with a dead hard drive. I want to replace the drive, but I get a runaround from Compaq and the parts reseller they use. I build computers all the time (and thank you all for the support you provide), but not laptops.

Are these hard drives so unique that I can't buy any 2.5" drive and stick it in this computer?

Are they that different from one another?

If I can get any 2.5" drive will it mount proper?

What do you recomend?

Thank you in advance!

Brian
 

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I thought laptops for the most part can use most 2.5" hard drives?

Rob
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Check out www.accessmicro.com

They seem to have hard drives and memory for every laptop made.
 
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laptop drives come in two flavors, depending on height: 12.7mm and 17mm in height. just replace with the size you have right now. most older drives worked in the PIO mode 3 or 4 (8 and 16MB/sec, respective transfer rates to the controller, i believe), but some of the new ones work at ultra 33 (maybe 66?) with DMA. those are still backward compatible, though.

--froppy1