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05/24/2018 at 17:22 • Filed to: None
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05/24/2018 at 17:22 • Filed to: None | 2
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Widowmaker for your time.
So I have an HP 15 Notebook in need of a new hard drive. Issue is I’m not sure if the drives I’m looking at are compatable with it and my research hasn’t given me the answers I’m after. I’ve heard some folks on my search say that basically all hard drives are the same and should work so long as they’re the “thin” kind like mine was, but I’m not sure. Anyone here who’s actually torn Laptops/PCs apart? I’d like to hear from someone who actually knows what they’re doing unlike me.
chaozbandit
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05/24/2018 at 17:43 |
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If its a laptop, you’ll be looking at something in the 7mm 2.5" realm. There are some SSDs that are 5mm but will still fit in any normal drive bay.
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05/24/2018 at 18:00 |
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This is true of all Laptops, sans MACs? Sorry if this is stupid but I just wanna be 100%
And off topic but I’ma need to know where that red GT in your icon is from.
LOREM IPSUM
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05/24/2018 at 19:03 |
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Well, now I may need a new phone because I might have ruined it by profusely drooling all over it.
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chaozbandit
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05/24/2018 at 19:06 |
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Macs usually use the same hardware as PCs, including hard drives. If you’re unsure, you can usually find the technical specs for your laptop online and find a drive that matches that.
Red GT is an in-game photo from project cars 2
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
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05/24/2018 at 22:22 |
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I’ve torn apart and rebuilt a zillion notebooks in the last 20+ years so I think I might have a clue. I can’t tell from the videos or online, but it looks like your computer uses a standard 9.5 mm thick drive. A 7mm drive will also fit, but I don’t know if a 12 mm drive would fit. Those are kind of unusual and probably nothing to worry about.
I’d recommend getting an SSD as a replacement even though the capacity may be less than what you already have. The performance differences are dramatic and worth the money. There are also hybrid drives that combine high capacity and near-SSD speed.
Watching a video on YouTube shows that the process to swap the drive requires quite a bit of disassembly. I wouldn’t have a problem doing the job, although I would be cursing HP repeatedly for designing access to the drive as if we were back in the early 2000s. Someone with less experience might be a little intimidated, but if you take your time and go step-by-step it shouldn’t be an issue. Look for disassembly guides online; I’ve used ifixit.com for a lot of guides.
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> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
05/25/2018 at 01:14 |
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I’ve already dissabled and removed the old drive myself, and my sliced hand would love to have some time with whoever designed the Notebook.
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Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
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05/25/2018 at 07:35 |
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Well, it is an HP, and from what I’ve gathered working on all of these notebooks is that HP doesn’t give a rat’s ass about good industrial design or thinking things through. I once got a free HP notebook because the system wouldn’t boot from the HD if it was mounted in the computer but the same drive would boot as a USB external. It turns out that the CMOS battery died and reset all of the settings, and the setting to make the drive accessible was not the default setting in the BIOS. Lazy, stupid and cheap are the three words that come to mind when I think of HP laptops.