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Title: Size of 2.5" HDD ?
Post by: Penfold on June 28, 2008, 06:58:02 PM
I need more space on my laptop so thought I would upgrade the drive in it.

I've looked at a few places for 2.5" HDD's but they only seem to go up to 250gb.

Is that the largest or are there 320gb ones?

Thanks
PEN
Title: Size of 2.5" HDD ?
Post by: Dr Sadako on June 28, 2008, 07:01:45 PM
Samsung, Hitachi and Fujutsi makes 500Gb. Cost like 200 Euro or something.
Title: Size of 2.5" HDD ?
Post by: Anonymous on June 28, 2008, 07:02:38 PM
Scan do 320Gb 2.5" HDDs but only in SATA format. If you need IDE (PATA) then they only go up to 250Gb.

http://www.scan.co.uk/Index.aspx?NT=1-0-18-429-0#PageContent
Title: Size of 2.5" HDD ?
Post by: BigFatCat on June 28, 2008, 07:04:55 PM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Samsung-500GB-2-5-SATA-Hard-Drive-HM500LI_W0QQitemZ160255082054QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160255082054&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/320GB-SATA-Internal-Hard-Drive-Disk-2-5-for-PS3-Laptop_W0QQitemZ150263059580QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150263059580&_trkparms=72%3A12|39%3A1|65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

http://scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=802975
Title: Size of 2.5" HDD ?
Post by: Penfold on June 28, 2008, 07:19:00 PM
it's an IDE one I need.

Shame. I would have thought they'd come up with one by now.

PEN
Title: Size of 2.5" HDD ?
Post by: Snokio on June 28, 2008, 11:16:16 PM
To find out what you Laptop can take hdd wise, have a look here and use this as a tool (I dont work for them and never purchased from them btw)

http://www.drivesolutions.com/upgrade/index.shtml
Title: Size of 2.5" HDD ?
Post by: Penfold on June 29, 2008, 10:00:35 AM
Nice link - thanks

So I can have

250.0 GB ATA/100 5400 RPM  9.5mm 12.5MS 8MB Cache.

So that'll be the SCAN on

250 GB Western Digital WD2500BEVE Scorpio, 2.5" IDE (PATA), 5400 rpm, 8MB Cache, 12 ms (http://www.scan.co.uk/Product.aspx?WebProductId=736213)

Thanks for the help all

PEN