Storage Solutions Upgrading Internal HDD for Laptop - compatibility ?

deepankar143 · May 13, 2011

Hey Guys,

I am planning to upgrade my laptop HDD to a higher capacity. Currently, my laptop houses a 320GB HDD and I am planning to upgrade it to atleast 640GB. My laptop is Lenovo G550 with Intel C2D T6600, 2 GB RAM, Nvidia 210M GPU.

Is there any compatibility issue while upgrading the HDD in laptop??

Plz suggest me HDD with latest price..

Crazy_Eddy · May 14, 2011

Re: Internal HDD for Laptop

There aren't any compatibility issues.

If you're getting a WD drive, you will need to take into account that some of their models use 'Advanced Format', and will have to use their WD Align utility. This is a non issue if you're running Windows Vista and above.

mehrotra.akash · May 14, 2011

Just make sure you get the correct height HDD for your laptop

pratikb · May 17, 2011

it has to be standard sata 3gbps hdd and should be 9.5 height.

also try to get 7200 rpm drives .

Gannu · May 17, 2011

A 640GB drive shouldn't have height issues so it should be perfectly compatible. The newer 1TB 2.5" drives have a height of 12.5mm whereas the other drives have a height of 9.5mm as pointed out by pratikb.

I have used a WD5000BEVT - a 500GB drive, and had to replace it once due to some bad sectors (which unfortunately did not show up in HD Tune and other utilities). The replacement drive is working fine since then. I believe WD has a similarly spec'd 6400BEVT as well.

deepankar143 · May 17, 2011

Thanx guys..

2morrow going to NP to buy one..

mehrotra.akash · May 17, 2011

Gannu said:
A 640GB drive shouldn't have height issues so it should be perfectly compatible. The newer 1TB 2.5" drives have a height of 12.5mm whereas the other drives have a height of 9.5mm as pointed out by pratikb.

I have used a WD5000BEVT - a 500GB drive, and had to replace it once due to some bad sectors (which unfortunately did not show up in HD Tune and other utilities). The replacement drive is working fine since then. I believe WD has a similarly spec'd 6400BEVT as well.

Yea.. I was coming from the "atleast 640GB" part

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deepankar143 said:
Thanx guys..

2morrow going to NP to buy one..

Do post back here if you have any luck finding 7200 rpm drives.

When I tried, the answers ranged from Out of stock (plausible) to laptop drives are only 5400 rpm, and desktop drives are only 7200 rpm

deepankar143 · May 20, 2011

Hey Guys,

640GB HDD are not available @ NP. Asked SMC International and CE. Maximum available internal storage for laptop is 500GB.

The more interesting thing I found there that the internal HDD is costlier than portable HDD by Rs 200.

Crazy_Eddy · May 20, 2011

Sorceror had done a review of the 750GB WD Black and posted that its available, maybe you can ask him to post the distributor details : http://www.techenclave.com/reviews-...lack-wd7500bpkt-750gb-185379.html#post1752564

About the pricing difference, are the internal drives you're comparing it to 7200 rpm? That would be the only logical reason why the external portable drives (which are usually 5400 rpm) are cheaper.

pratikb · May 30, 2011

Gannu said:
A 640GB drive shouldn't have height issues so it should be perfectly compatible. The newer 1TB 2.5" drives have a height of 12.5mm whereas the other drives have a height of 9.5mm as pointed out by pratikb.

I have used a WD5000BEVT - a 500GB drive, and had to replace it once due to some bad sectors (which unfortunately did not show up in HD Tune and other utilities). The replacement drive is working fine since then. I believe WD has a similarly spec'd 6400BEVT as well.

i also had got same disk for my vaio.

it developed same issue and i got it rma'd.but unluckily for me i had RMA drive also bad in matter of months.so now i am on third drive which came out of RMA.

i dont know what is my Warrenty status.

ultimately i settled on hitachi travelstar 7200.3 500 gb drive.

its going pretty strong.

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