would a slower hdd aka spin speed or whatever make my craptop slower in the movie department

[Sedweel]

my hdd is failing and im buying a new and probably worse hdd for 25 bigboys it is 250 gigs and i cant remember what else.

My question is, will a probably worse hdd drastically slow down my craptops ability to play movies from a disk or external hdd.

 

[Math Geek]

unless you're trying to play 4k movies you should be fine. even an old ide drive is fast enough to play a video file from.

the limiting factor is more going to be the cpu and possibly the amount of ram if it is very low amount.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Sedweel,

Well, I guess you shouldn't have any issues.
Only boot/loading times depend on the HDD performance.

Apart from that, as your current HDD is failing, it may be a good idea to back up the data stored on it.
Here are some tools that can show you what is wrong with it: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Cheers,
D_Know_WD