do dell hard drives work for all dell laptops because i just bought a dell laptop csx and i was wondering would any hard drive work on it or do i have to by a specific one for it that is only made for that laptop well if so could someone give me a link to buy the hard drive thats nice and cheap
2007-08-15 06:09:22 · 7 answers · asked by irish dubliner 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
desktop h/ds won't bwork internally in a laptop but from what i've seen most laptop h/ds are the same size. don't be fooled by the holder it's mounted in from what i saw on another post today the dell csx is'nt worth replacing the h/d in. unless it was given to you free and you can get a good price on a h/d off e-bay = sniping is the way to buy on e-bay cheap.
2007-08-15 07:24:05 · answer #1 · answered by james B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, considering Dell and Apple don't make their own hard drives, you probably will be looking at a Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, or Western Digital hard drive. As long as the drives are the same form factor (size, connectors, etc) you can swap them out pretty easy. You'll have to restore you OS or, if your old drive is still working but flaky, you might get away with cloning the drive. But that is more complex than I'm willing to type. LOL
2016-05-18 21:06:39 · answer #2 · answered by sanjuanita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have used a Dell hard drive from a different model, I just measured the size of the new one & only had to change the little plastic piece from my old one to the new one & installed it. It's working fine.
2007-08-15 06:19:41 · answer #3 · answered by uacl028 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the HDD are normally made by companies like Seagate....
I was going to buy a HP laptop HDD for £100 until I seen the exact same, (as it was made by seagate) for £55.
2007-08-15 06:22:25 · answer #4 · answered by Niall S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might but the performance will not be quite the same
2007-08-18 22:09:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with,
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they have all kinds of neat Computer stuff.
2007-08-15 06:24:38 · answer #6 · answered by elliebear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think laptop ones are thinner, might not work. try it anyway
2007-08-15 06:18:47 · answer #7 · answered by Tyler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋