what size sata hard drive do I need for this 2.5 or 3.5 what does it fit and whats recomended
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I wouldn't buy anything from these people. They have 0 service. My unit stopped working and I was put on hold for 2 hours
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Hi, I put a 7200 rpm 500 GB sata 3.5 in WD in my system and it has worked great .With an adapter I see no reason a 2.5 in drive would not work.
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An internal SATA 3.5" or 2.5" (2.5" needs a bracket to hold the HDD) would be compatible with this system, Western Digital and Seagate are both ok with this system, thank you.
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Its only a 3.5 SATA hard drive connected to a USB 3.0 Its also backwards compatible with USB 2.0. Plug and play. But the manual does say either 2.5 or 3.5? I only used it for my desktop hard drive. I'm not sure how 2.5 would work.
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Yes, it's 3.5" and SATA. You can find more information on the drive itself at this link: Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive (ST1000DM003)
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1st make sure those are 2.5" slots, SSD size slots, and not 3.5". If they are 3.5" you'll need the SSD adapter to make it bigger and fit the slot. You will need to buy a cable, if you do not already have one. You'll need it for a SATA connection. The drives I got were barebones and just contained the drives and a few documents and nothing else.
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YES 2.5 or 3.5 hdd it will fit into the cut out part you see in the picture. it will even work for IDE if you get the adapter for it with either size hdd
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As J.C. says, any brand will work. I would first find the storage capacity you need in a SATA 3.5" then look at reviews of the hard drives. I have used Seagate, Western Digital, and Hitachi. I don't stick to any one brand anymore, they all have good and bad models/batches.
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Make sure you have, or this unit comes with, a drive caddy so it will securely fit in a 3.5 drive bay. As long as the bios supports sata the this drive will work as a replacement for a standard desktop drive.
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Not sure why there would be a size limitation. I am using 1.5 to 3Tb SATA drives with no problems
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Yes, it should work w/ any 2.5" SATA drive. I've been using it for the past year w/o any problems (knock on wood)
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For the solid state drive I use Samsung 840 EVO 2.5 inch 250 GB.Works wonderful!
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I have used Seagate and Western Digital 3.5" SATA Hard Drives in this enclosure. It should not matter what make drive it is, so long as your OS supports the size you plan to install (i.e. 2TB or 3TB)
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really don't know to help mine was DOA on arrival never did work right guess it would work with any 3.5 hard drive
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Any 2.5" hard drive, regardless of manufacturer, should work as long as it is SATA. Your SATA drive should be no exception and should work perfectly.
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It's a 2.5" drive. I replaced the drive in mine with this: Samsung Electronics 840 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Notebook Kit Version Internal Solid State Drive MZ-7TE500LW.
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3.5" fit without any modification. I have 2 2.5" ssds in mine but you need a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter for it. They sell them pretty inexpensively here on Amazon. Search for "2.5 to 3.5 adapter" and you will see tons.
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I don't know, but here are the more specific questions you should be asking:1. Will it fit correctly? There are two different sizes of 2.5" HDDs (normal & slim)2. Does the laptop support SATA II?3. Do you have the restore disks to reinstall everything? (Not specific to this HDD)