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Presario 1700 Hard drive

post #1 of 8
10/8/04 at 11:34am
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I am having difficulty with the hard drive in my presario. Lately it makes funny noises and I have been getting blue screen and operating system not found errors. I have backed up all important data and I want to replace the hard drive but before I break open the case I wanted to ask some questions.

How do I find out what kind of hard drive I have? (maker, and interface)
Where is the hard drive located in the 1700 Presario?
What is the best way to remove it?
What should I replace it with? (a reliable maker)
What are other things should I consider?
Where should I buy one? (I always been a fan of newegg)

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post #2 of 8
10/8/04 at 6:24pm
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I found the answers to the questions above incase somebody else has to replace a hard drive on a compaq presario 1700T (see below). But I have one more question. The hard drive in my presario has an ATA-5 interface, can I use an ATA-6 drive?

How do I find out what kind of hard drive I have? (maker, and interface)
- IBM Travelstar ATA-5

Where is the hard drive located in the 1700 Presario?
- Left side of the touch pad, opposite side of the disk drive and battery.

What is the best way to remove it?
- Remove one screw and open the small panel. The hard drive comes out with the panel.

What should I replace it with? (a reliable maker)
- I purchased another travelstar (ATA-6, 7200 rpm, 8mb cache, 40GB).

Where should I buy one?
- bought it at newegg.com
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post #3 of 8
10/8/04 at 6:33pm
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The hard drive in my presario has an ATA-5 interface, can I use an ATA-6 drive?

Yes, they are compatible.
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post #4 of 8
10/8/04 at 6:35pm
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Thanks SickVVidit you are soo helpful.
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post #5 of 8
11/4/05 at 7:51pm

Pics.

can you post pics of where you removed the screw to get the hard drive out. Im having problems with laptop as well and I want to see how I can replace it.
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post #6 of 8
11/7/05 at 2:21pm
They are clearly visible look around better...
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post #7 of 8
11/7/05 at 7:52pm
Found it! Thanks!
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post #8 of 8
11/8/05 at 3:33pm
No problem...
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