Will new 100GB hard drive work in laptop?

Get the Travelstar 100 gig 7200RPM drive from hitachi

Buy what that guy said! It is just a matter of unscrewing the harddrive and caddy from the notebook, unscrewing the harddrive from the caddy, removing the adapter CAREFULLY, and put the adapter on the new drive, screw into the caddy, and slide it back in and screw it in! Made sure your harddrive is not hot because trying to remove the adapter when it is hot can bend those pins.

zipzoomfly 194.00

great price and free two day shipping. can't believe they starting dropping the prices once I bought mines...I bought it for 236 and now its 194....and this was only a month ago...

Bro,

I may be wrong here, but I don't think you wanna get the SATA version of the drives.....You need the standard ata5 or ata6 interface. I currently have the Seagate Momentus 100 GB drive (non SATA) and it works wonderfully. I am sure someone else will reply and give you better info....like actual part numbers etc...

I am running this:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=100528-1

hard drive in my iXPS (gen1)

upgrade unstable 20GB harddrive or entire i2650 laptop?

Hi all—

I’ve got a somewhat unstable 20GB hard drive in an old i2650 (384 RAM); trying to decide whether to replace and upgrade hard drive or just get a whole new laptop.

Needs:

-ability to process/edit large video and audio files while doing fieldwork
-and simultaneously store/work w/ searchable parsing linguistic database (Toolbox) I’m establishing for 2 languages
-other programs important to me include: ELAN (for integrating audio and text files with video), Transcriber, EndNote, and Adobe Reader; a larger iTunes capacity would be a fun plus

Also need to install DVD burner if possible in the i2650. Planning to buy external hard drive for longer term storage of the video and audio. I have a limited (grad student) budget, but if a new laptop is the way to go, I will seek grants for help...

1)Does hard drive or laptop upgrade make the most sense? If the latter, what’s the best DELL for my needs?
2)If the answer is hard drive, I’ve been eyeballing CMS 4200 RPM 60 GB w/ 2 MB cache or 100 GB w/ 8 MB cache (same RPM) – both of these are readily available from Dell or authorized vendors. Also found a company www.Impactcomputers.com which apparently manufactures compatible hard drives, including a cheaper 100GB with similar specs as above, and faster 60GB and 80 GB models (both 5400 rpm). Which type is best for my needs?
3)If it’s the faster types, does anyone know anything about the reliability of Impactcomputers? They’re a 10 year old company...
4)Hoping the installation is dummy-proof (sounded so from previous posts), as any user-inflicted damage renders the thing non-returnable in Impactcomputers’ policy...

Thanks for any advice here!