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I need a hard drive recommendation for my Inspiron 1525

post #1 of 5
8/6/11 at 4:23pm
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I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 with Windows Vista Home Premium 32-Bit.  Right now, my laptop has a garbage HDD (something like 100 GB or 160 GB) and it's too small.  I'm trying to buy a new HDD but I'm not sure how to tell if it will be compatible with my computer, so I was hoping I could get some help here.

 

These are the HDDs I'm looking at.  I'd like to know if they will work with my laptop and which one is best.

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Momentus-5400RPM-Internal-ST9500325AS-Bare/dp/B001R4BBL0/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1312672896&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001R4BBLU/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Momentus-7200RPM-Hybrid-ST95005620AS-Bare/dp/B003NSBF32

http://www.amazon.com/Hitachi-Travelstar-Cache-Internal-0S02858/dp/B003SX0ORA/ref=pd_cp_e_4

 

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post #2 of 5
8/7/11 at 8:03am
Any hard drive that says "2.5 Inch" will fit inside your computer.

Have you thought about going SSD?
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post #3 of 5
8/7/11 at 3:31pm
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But aren't there different thicknesses? And the only reason I don't want an SSD is the price. the technology is still too expensive. A 160 GB SSD is like $300. I'll wait until prices drop a bunch. I'm also thinking about getting a new laptop anyway so I'd rather not spend a lot of money on something I won't have much longer
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post #4 of 5
8/7/11 at 5:01pm
The 7200 rpm models are a little thicker than the 5400 but for the most part I don't think you'll have a problem with the drives listed. You can always check. Find your model number before you purchase.
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post #5 of 5
12/11/11 at 11:18am

Hi. Laptop drives are 2.5" and 9.5mm thick. I have upgraded my two machines to both the Seagate Momentus, and the Western Digital Black Scorpion. Both are 7200rpm and have pretty well the same data transfer rate - fast. Seeing as how your upgrading, dont mess with 5400rpm - too slow. The extra performance of the 7200rpm drives is noticeable. Momentus is slightly quieter than the Scorpion.

 

Both my lappies are older Dells (9400 and M1710), and I run with the "performance" setting enabled in the BIOS.

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