Some reviews state that the HDD is only 250GB. How can I be certain if I order that it will be the correct size HDD?
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The one I bought was indeed 750gb. I have been very happy with the computer.
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My OptiPlex 745 came with the 750 GB hard drive called for. Call the supplier before ordering to conform. One of the suppliers might be sending the wrong size. This is an older computer that has been upgraded. It is smaller then a standard computer and will need smaller size cards. I added a hmdi card to mine.
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Hi. I don´t know yet since I have not been able to use it because I found out that the equipment I bought did not have HDD. I hope that next week I will have ready to be used. However, I bought this brand because a freiend of us has one and has a decent performance for its price.
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I am no expert so I took out the hard drive and looked at the specs and ordered a brand with same specs such as sata drive what the amount of memory i wanted and need there are sites you can go on and put in a search to find a compatible one with the specs you find on your hard drive , hoe this hels yes I am a woman and ever did this before but It worked fine. Good Luck
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Don't know about the 250 B drives. I bought a 600 GB drive and it did NOT include any other components. I suspect, however, that this drive is sold as an OEM unit and would also not include cables or hardware of any kind (eg. mounting screws).
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Physically Any 3.5" hdd should fit fine. As far as drive specifications, I have two bays in my server, 1 has a 1.5TB and the other has a 2TB drive. I can't test anything larger as my larger drives are SAS rather than Sata.
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Haha yes just be sure you have the 250 gb option selected. I know they merge various versions under the same reviews so just be careful.
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I put a 3TB in it and it does not recognize the entire drive. I have 746.52GB unusable space on the Disk.
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You can use regular 2.5" HDDs but you'll want to pay attention to the thickness of the drive. I went with a WD Red 1TB. I don't have the article handy but there is a good writeup out there on the max thickness and even how to mod it for thicker drives.
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This should be compatible with it. Any 2.5 HDDs I have used have been compatible with it.
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Every time in the past when new HDD sizes come out there was a firmware update to allow them to work. So of course there is no guarantee but it "should" be fine.
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If it's in a desktop PC then you should have a 3.5 inch form factor drive. If that is the case this will work. This is a 3.5 form factor IDE drive.
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Sorry for the late reply - I have been travelling. The drive was described as a Seagate ST33000650NS. The supplier phoned and asked if it was OK to provide an HP branded equivalent MB33000EBKAB. I accepted. The part arrived - was brand new. The label had BOTH part numbers on it - so I was happy. If you check the Seagate site you will find that the drive is an ES.2 not an ES.3. Main difference is the amount of cache. ES.2 has 64MB and ES.3 has 128MB. The description was accurate, the title should not have referenced ES3. I am happy anyway - great drive.
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Mine came with a 250GB hard drive. The size of the HD depends on what was ordered from Dell by the original purchaser. There are many options when you by a new computer. I suppose if you are buying a refurbished one, the company could change out the HD but usually they don't.
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Thank you for asking and all the responses, that had me confused too. It looked like a small drive but the dimensions were off. I'm also looking at getting the hard case recommended but that dimensions listed would not have fit. I'm grateful to have found my question already answered.
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It's not the size of the hard drive that matters. Check with Sony and see what format the hard drive must be. I had a friend who tried the same thing and didn't work for him. I would order a hard drive from Sony. I have been working on computer for 3 years.
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According to the specs of the system you listed, it appears so. Your system seems to support anything from 250GB to 2 TB (which is in range of 1TB). It looks like you're getting a heck of a deal for this hard drive as well! Well done :)
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I used a 1T that I already had; it was more than enough. The external HD depends on how much data you stored in it. 250 should be enough, in my opinion.