On a Toshiba Satellite C55t-C5300, can a hard drive with model number MQ04ABF100 be inserted? If so, how?

[ismaeljr2004]

On my laptop, (toshiba sattelite C55t-C5300) for whatever reason, my old hard drive failed (model number: MQ01ABD100), and I ordered a new hard drive (model number: MQ04ABF100), and i'm unsure if the drive is compatible with my laptop, and I'm unsure how to insert the drive without covering the "breathing hole".Can anyone familliar with these models assist me? If the hard drive I ordered is compatible, how do I insert it? If it isnt, what should I look for when trying to replace the dead one?

 

[USAFRet]

1. Yes, that drive is compatible. It's a standard laptop size 1TB HDD.

2. How did you determine the old one is bad?

3. Are you prepared to do a full install of the OS and everything else on this new drive?

 

[ismaeljr2004]

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Question from ismaeljr2004 : "On a Toshiba Satellite C55t-C5300, can a hard drive with model number MQ04ABF100 be inserted? If so, how?"

On my laptop, (toshiba sattelite C55t-C5300) for whatever reason, my old hard drive failed (model number: MQ01ABD100), and I ordered a new hard drive (model number: MQ04ABF100), and i'm unsure if the drive is compatible with my laptop, and I'm unsure how to insert the drive without covering the "breathing hole".Can anyone familliar with these models assist me? If the hard drive I ordered is compatible, how do I insert it? If it isnt, what should I look for when trying to replace the dead one?
(Oh and sorry for posting this question twice, as I rarely ever use forums and accidentally marked the question as solved.)

 

[USAFRet]

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So...answers to the above questions?

 

[ismaeljr2004]

On my laptop, (toshiba sattelite C55t-C5300) for whatever reason, my old hard drive failed (model number: MQ01ABD100), and I ordered a new hard drive (model number: MQ04ABF100), and i'm unsure if the drive is compatible with my laptop, and I'm unsure how to insert the drive without covering the "breathing hole".Can anyone familliar with these models assist me? If the hard drive I ordered is compatible, how do I insert it? If it isnt, what should I look for when trying to replace the dead one?

1. Yes, that drive is compatible. It's a standard laptop size 1TB HDD.

2. How did you determine the old one is bad?

3. Are you prepared to do a full install of the OS and everything else on this new drive?

I determined it was broken because Windows constantly tried to repair it (and it always failed). And yes, I am prepared to fully install everything on the drive.

 

[ismaeljr2004]

On my laptop, (toshiba sattelite C55t-C5300) for whatever reason, my old hard drive failed (model number: MQ01ABD100), and I ordered a new hard drive (model number: MQ04ABF100), and i'm unsure if the drive is compatible with my laptop, and I'm unsure how to insert the drive without covering the "breathing hole".Can anyone familliar with these models assist me? If the hard drive I ordered is compatible, how do I insert it? If it isnt, what should I look for when trying to replace the dead one?

1. Yes, that drive is compatible. It's a standard laptop size 1TB HDD.

2. How did you determine the old one is bad?

3. Are you prepared to do a full install of the OS and everything else on this new drive?

I determined it was broken because Windows constantly tried to repair it (and it always failed). And yes, I am prepared to fully install everything on the drive.

 

[USAFRet]

I determined it was broken because Windows constantly tried to repair it (and it always failed). And yes, I am prepared to fully install everything on the drive.

1. That drive will fit.

2. Assuming Windows 10 for the OS: How to do a CLEAN installation of Windows 10

 

[ismaeljr2004]

On my laptop, (toshiba sattelite C55t-C5300) for whatever reason, my old hard drive failed (model number: MQ01ABD100), and I ordered a new hard drive (model number: MQ04ABF100), and i'm unsure if the drive is compatible with my laptop, and I'm unsure how to insert the drive without covering the "breathing hole".Can anyone familliar with these models assist me? If the hard drive I ordered is compatible, how do I insert it? If it isnt, what should I look for when trying to replace the dead one?

1. Yes, that drive is compatible. It's a standard laptop size 1TB HDD.

2. How did you determine the old one is bad?

3. Are you prepared to do a full install of the OS and everything else on this new drive?

I determined the old one was bad because the computer kept trying to repair the drive (it kept failing) . And yes, I am prepared to do a full install on the new drive. I'm just wondering how I actually insert the drive into the computer without blocking the breathing hole.

 

[USAFRet]

I'm just wondering how I actually insert the drive into the computer without blocking the breathing hole.

The new drive fits in exactly the same place as the old drive.

 

[USAFRet]

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