Im looking to change the hdd on my laptop will this be a good option to go with? My laptop is a HP Pavilion DV4-2160us.
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I bought this one to my ps3 and Perhaps could work in your laptop. In my ps3 it's working very, very fine.
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It works fine in my 17 inch hp dv7-7012nr. It's not really the size of the laptop that matters. Almost all laptop optical drives are the same. If your's has an optical drive bay, this will fit. Also save yourself time, if you buy this get a paper clip so you can pop your bezel off the old drive and put it on this one. Had this drive for a while now, it's fantastic. You'll like it.
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Hi, are you using the same insert/caddy that was originally in your laptop? The hard drive won't work unless you are using the correct/original caddy.Hope this helps!
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This drive should work fine in your laptop, make sure you have a good set of recovery disc's or if installing a new version of Windows all of the drivers for your laptop. You can find the correct drivers for your machine at HPs website. Edit: It looks like that laptop has two drive bays if you are adding extra storage you shouldn't need recovery disks or drivers.
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If the drive being replaced and the new one are both IED types, you should have no problem. I don't know what kind of computer you are using, but I had no problem with a Toshiba and an HP lap top. Be sure to use the original operating system software that came with you computer. I replaced drives in two computers in December and January.
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As long as you don't change the motherboard, you're OK. I have changed out both my laptop and desktop (OS) hard drives to SSDs with no problem.There is a Microsoft Licensing FAQ on this --- it's under Refurbished/Used PCs.http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/pages/licensing_faq.aspx#fbid=ZeL6n4MrK8a
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Would this be the Apache pro? You should check your specs in the manual for correct replacement. There are some differences in HDD's be it a 2.5 or a 3.5 Hard Drives (HDD) can be in a "slim" form or even in a metric size. Any way, best solution would be to pull the Hard Drive all ready installed and match the specs found on its label, or check the manual. Hope this helps. G/L
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Hello, this is a standard 320gb sata hard drive for laptop. As long as your computer supports SATA this should not be an issue. You may want to do more research on your laptop being compatible with sata drives.
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Check to see what your current hard drive is in your system information or devices. If it' a 2.5" SATA then this drive should work. If you're wanting a second drive using this one for the boot drive, I can't say with any certainty but it your laptop allows for a second drive it should work. You will probably need to buy a kit which is the data connector and a mount bracket or quite often called a drive caddie. Google "Adding a second hard drive to your make and model of laptop". There should be plenty of information.
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When buying a new drive, you need to not only look at size but speed and other factors like data buffering. You'll need to do a comparison of the drive you're replacing with this one. I've been using this drive for about four months now and it works as good as or better than the factory installed one. I bought it mostly for the additional space and I'll have enough space to last the life of this laptop.
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From what I was able to quickly google about your laptop, it uses a SATA (Serial ATA) hard drive. This just means the type of pin connectors your laptop uses to connect the hard drive. There is also UATA (Ultra ATA) the other major type. Some laptops have propriotary ports called ZIF connectors, which wouldnt work with this. Double check your hard drive type and if its SATA, it should work fine. Here's a website that explains it: http://www.computershopper.com/laptops/howto/replace-your-laptop-s-hard-drive Here's another site that goes into more detail if you are interested: http://www.geeks.com/techtips/2005/techtips-010605.htm
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My HP laptop came with a 750gb hdd and I have no problems clonning the disc to the new SSD. I used the Acronis version that came with the SSD and the original disc had only 35gb used
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Confirm the connector type and it should work. I replaced the HD in an old HP Pavillion laptop, this drive works properly. Again, be certain the drive has an IDE type connector.
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Hellow kyle the thing is diffirent beetwin this is you can only use the hdd for sata/laptops hdd if you are using big hdd like computers/desktop etc it won't work however it will works fine on small hdd just plug it and go to system bios and click boot usb hdd or boot usb thanks.
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Yes. I replaced my failed 6 year old HDD in my dell inspiron 6400. It only lasted about a month though however I am very abusive with my computers using them in my workshop and whatnot
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Unless you are skilled in disassembling a notebook, you should not try to change the drive. I changed the drive on my MacBook Pro with great difficulty but it's possible.
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It works as a SATA-IDE drive. The OS dosen't really matter. I have a Black Box ($44)SATA/IDE converter and I have about 3 or these (less than $12 ea). What I often do is take the HDD out of a frozen laptop; test the HDD (toss out the laptop (who has time to fix them these days, they are so cheap to replace)) and re-install the HDD into the host laptop; test it to make sure it all works, and VIOLA!!! Success.