Replacement Hard Drive
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Drive crashed on a newer Toshiba satellite. Id like to buy a new one but Im worried about getting one and finding out I need some ridiculous proprietary connector. Suggestions?
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Show me a picture of the connector ports on the hard drive.
$10 monopoly says it's a standard SATA/IDE data port, and another standard power port. It's far more economical for toshiba to buy mass quantities of standard production hard drives than it is to specify their own proprietary connection.
$10 monopoly says it's a standard SATA/IDE data port, and another standard power port. It's far more economical for toshiba to buy mass quantities of standard production hard drives than it is to specify their own proprietary connection.
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Unlikely - you'll find the load time for your operating system and primary programs will probably be very undesirable. You'll also have to lug around the external drive whenever you're going somewhere. Finally, it will be a complete pain in the *** to boot from the hard drive unless you have an external SATA port on the computer. USB ports generally aren't designed for loading up an OS, and I expect that most BIOS don't support USB, as it's generally run strictly by the operating system. Better yet, if your computer has two hard drive bays, consider getting a small SSD for your operating system, and running everything else off a standard 3.5 drive.
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Newbsauce, that's a PATA drive. Satellites have been using SATA drive for a while. Wouldn't hurt to have the model number, but the connector in the picture ICT55 posted is definitely SATA.
Here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SATA%203.0Gb/s
Here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SATA%203.0Gb/s
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Nine.
edit: No, wait. 10.
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edit V: I edited post #21 below several times as well, as the system kept converting "BIN" to lowercase on me.
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edit: No, wait. 10.
edit II: No, wait. That made it 11.
edit III: Dammit, this is an endless cycle.
edit IV: I just add new info as I come across it.
edit V: I edited post #21 below several times as well, as the system kept converting "BIN" to lowercase on me.
edit VI: I also edited post 27 to add the joke about SyQuest.
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Think Im going to get the cheapest 500g, 7200rpm drive. Any thoughts?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148374
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148374