What Hard Drive?

[markpsych]

This http://ntsc-uk.domino.org/showthread.php?t=105512 tuned out to be a failed hard drive.

http://spywarehammer.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=8820.0

Had some good advice before via this forum when my laptop drive failed.

Hoping you can point me in the right direction again

I have the old one out, but haven't a clue what size it is, and where best to get one.

Thanks

[speedlolita]

Take a picture of the interface of the HDD. It'll be SATA or IDE. The size required is 2.5".

[markpsych]

Hope this is legible:

http://img227.imageshack.us/img2

[kernow]

That is a SATA hard drive.

[markpsych]

Thanks

So I need a 2.5" SATA.

Any particular size, and can you recommend a good retailer?

[kernow]

I bought a 250GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Western Digital from ebuyer for £41 posted recently. Really fast and works great in my laptop.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146084

[markpsych]

Sorry, 1st post may have been misleading....I'm looking for desktop, as opposed to notebook....do I need a 3.5" then?

[kernow]

oh, you need a 3.5" then, sorry. Exactly the same otherwise pretty much.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146079

lol 750GB, couple of partitions methinks.

[markpsych]

Nice one, thanks for that

Existing one is dated 2008....do they fail that quickly???

[kernow]

You sure its dead? run a drive test etc?

I've had a brand new one die before, and others last 12yrs , its random as such.

I'd make sure that one is actually dead by running a drive test or something before wasting your money though.

[markpsych]

Test results were variable...but during the process of reinstalling my OS half a dozen times chkdsc found 'unreadable record segments' amongst other things.

[kernow]

ok, definitely needs replacing then

[markpsych]

Ok, thanks for you help....much appreciated.

[abigsmurf]

It's very unusual for a HDD to die after 2 years.

Either they die in the first 6 weeks of usage or they last 10+ years of heavy usage

[kernow]

Yeah, I agree, thats definitely the normal results.