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I want to upgrade the Harddrive in my laptop casue its only 30gb. so i was wondering do i have to get a specific hd? or do all laptop hd's work in all laptops? cause i dont want to have to buy a hd off of sony casue they cost too much. and also r they ide, sata, sca or scsi or r they something different? thank you
good question, awaiting answers
Tell us what laptop.
Can i put a Dell Inspiron 8200 HD into a Seimens Amilo D, and vice versa?
its a sony vaio GRX-550
They are all currently using 2.5" mini IDE connectors, including the 1.8" drives which fit in a compatible carrier.
When they design laptops they don't know what drives will be available, just like desktop or tower systems, so they have to be able to take any drive. I don't know of any reason why they should not be completely interchangeable.
AFAIK, Sony don't make HDDs.
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Originally Posted by lynx
If they did they would redefine the word "proprietary".
so if i look on ebay for 2.5' ide hd you think thts wht i would need?
Yup.
I've heard that some newer laptops are using SATA nowadays, though...