Easy Install - a dummy cna do it, I did ! Very fast and quiet in use .
Disadvantages:
None I can tell
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Being fairly hardware illerate, I put off replacing the HDD on my Dell Inspiron laptop as long as I could. Once it started to take 25 minutes to boot up and generated about 15 red alerts in the Windows XP event log, I thought "I am really going to have to go for it".
I had an IBM 60 GB HDD in place, which was noisy when spinning, set the fan off incessantly and was constantly giving me Blue Screen of Death (BSODs).
I started by internet researching and using the Dell forum to suss out the right disk to replace mine with. Taking a recommendation from a forum member, I looked first of all at the Travelstar 7K80 but decided to go for the newer version. I replaced a 60GB 5400rpm HDD with a 80GB 7200rpm HDD.
I spent a day copying filed to CD, all my docs, pictures, music, software downloads, license/registration numbers etc and wrote several pages noting the configuration, location and programs that I had added. It was worth the effort.
When it came it was next day delivery and reasonably priced from Dabbs.com. IT just went straight in OK(after I had transferred the 'pins adaptor' from the old HDD to the new one - see the Dell forum if you have a Dell, it may not be the same if you have a different laptop).
The laptop saw it straight away, I booted from the Windows disk and it did all the work, leading me by the hand through partitioning, formatting and then the Windows install. I was so surprised, it was a dream!
HIGHLY recommended drive, very very fast data retrieval, very very quiet operation and didn't cost the earth like other drives.
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Design
Excellent
Ease of use
Very easy
Instruction manual
Needs improvement
Manufacturer Support
Excellent
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