Dell hard drive

[oorjim2]

Hi
I am looking for a replacement hard drive a 40 GB or bigger for my old laptop it’s a Dell Inspiron 2200. I don’t want to spend a lot of money on it, does anybody know where I could get one and how much I should expect to pay.
Thanks
Jim

 

[grober]

try here http://www.clonesuk.com/hdd.shtml or here http://www.pcupgrade.co.uk/category.asp?categoryid=120
will give you some ideas

 

[columb]

Well, why not to try ebuyer or dabs?
You are looking for a normal drive

Cheers
Chris

 

[oorjim2]

Thanks for the help, I seen this Seagate ST940815A 40 GB for £50.

Jim

 

[columb]

??

£50 for a 40gb?? Well too expensive!

http://www.ebuyer.com/search?q=ST940815A&x=0&y=0

 

[columb]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130338


120GB

40GB are not in production anymore.

Cheers
Chris

 

[masqueraid]

If you are going for a new drive with substantially greater storage capacity make sure the laptop BIOS can cope with it. From memory I think the largest the 2200 will support is 80GB ATA-6

 

[nickcc101]

Bought a few hard drives off ebay (sky + and pc) never had any problems. All brand new.

 

[oorjim2]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130338


120GB

40GB are not in production anymore.

Cheers
Chris

Thanks Chris I don’t know much about hard drives, I think I will stick to the 40 GB that’s what’s in it just now and I have already bought a new laptop just want the old one fixed just as a back-up.
Jim.

 

[oorjim2]

Bought a few hard drives off ebay (sky + and pc) never had any problems. All brand new.

Have you any idea what kind I should be looking for on EBay, as I have no idea what I’m looking for any advice would be appreciated.

Jim.

 

[nickcc101]

Have you any idea what kind I should be looking for on EBay, as I have no idea what I’m looking for any advice would be appreciated.

Jim.

Try going onto the Dell website. You might be able to do a search using your laptop serial number. You could also ring PC world, or similar, and ask them making believe that you want to buy from them.

 

[Antharro]

You're looking for a Parallel ATA drive, otherwise known as an IDE drive, in a 2.5" form factor (size).

40Gb Fujitsu, £33.26: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/115628
120Gb WD, £38.99: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130338
80Gb WD, £40.81: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131287
160Gb WD, £42.99: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131309

I used to do business with ClonesUK, went away in disgust at their total lack of customer support and extremely poor attitudes when things went wrong - from all levels of staff. Couldn't recommend them at all. They were also massively overpriced by up to 200-300% above what you could get elsewhere.

You should be able to get a larger drive in there. I had an Inspiron 4150 that had an 80Gb in and that was a older laptop. Same generation of hardware inside it, so you shouldn't have any problems with at least an 80.

 

[oorjim2]

Thanks for the advice I think I will go for the 80 GB as I said I bought a new laptop and just want the old one ready just in case anything happens to this one.

Jim.

 

[oorjim2]

You're looking for a Parallel ATA drive, otherwise known as an IDE drive, in a 2.5" form factor (size).

40Gb Fujitsu, £33.26: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/115628
120Gb WD, £38.99: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130338
80Gb WD, £40.81: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131287
160Gb WD, £42.99: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131309

I used to do business with ClonesUK, went away in disgust at their total lack of customer support and extremely poor attitudes when things went wrong - from all levels of staff. Couldn't recommend them at all. They were also massively overpriced by up to 200-300% above what you could get elsewhere.

You should be able to get a larger drive in there. I had an Inspiron 4150 that had an 80Gb in and that was a older laptop. Same generation of hardware inside it, so you shouldn't have any problems with at least an 80.

Just got the new 120 GB hard drive from ebyer.com, its working great thanks for all the help.

Jim.

 

[N/B]

Add http://www.aria.co.uk/ to your list of good guys.
Bought a few laptop HDDs from them, prices and brands are good.
WD are top of my list atm.