I have tried to compare my current hard drive with a new one. Does every number on my current hard drive have to be the same as on the new one? TIA
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I don't believe so, what matters is the size which is 500GB, the type which is a SATA 2.5 laptop hard drive, and the speed which is 5400 rpm, but the part numbers change as new hard drives come out.
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Angela....I doubt that all numbers must be the same. Make certain that the dimensions (especially the thickness), the type (SATA), and the pin layout is the same.
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In my experience - Yes - ALL characters must match in order for the drive to fit properly (physically). This applies to drives that are being purchased as replacement drives for notebook computer application. In my case it was an ASUS notebook and the drive was an exact part # replacement and it fit exactly
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Sometimes Mac devices will be specific about which kind of hard drive you exchange with, but for windows devices this is very rarely an issue. As long as you can find drivers for the device, it can be installed.
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Well if your previous hard drive numbers match up to the new hard drive than you have the required hard drive,and It depends on what you are going to use the hard drive on.If you going to use the hard drive on a laptop pc,and I suggest you check to the hard drive model you are using first.Not all laptop pc or pc hard drive are not all the same,because Some laptop pc or pc use certain required hard drive in them.I would find out what hard drive your laptop pc or pc use before you buy a new hard drive,because Not all laptop pc or pc are the same ok
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It did not work for me. My advice is do not take a chance on it. I downloaded the FREE EaseUS ToDo Backup application and cloned my entire hard drive to a smaller solid state drive as easy as copying files in windows. Then I just plugged the new drive and it started the computer just like the old one. I can't imagine it can be easier than this.
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Hi Ryan, As many laptops and desktops that I've owned since I bought my first in 1983, I've never gone to the trouble of altering the hard drive setup in a laptop. First of all there's not much space to alter/add hard drive real estate inside a laptop. Second, you are almost sure to have hardware compatibility problems with the new Windows 8 with your older HD. If you want to do this because you want to save your old files on your old HD, there's Windows software that will transfer your old stuff into the new laptop easily/safely. Desktop computers have always been easier to modify due to the space inside them. I would not recommend trying to "open up" any laptop. If you need more storage, buy a big terrabyte standalone HD. There're pretty cheap right now and are good for backups anyway. Jim
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I actually had a bad drive that because of the simplicity of this device I popped in to see if I would have any better luck reading. The answer was no it behaved like you expected any hard drive to act installed in your system. It has no error correction capabilities any different than an internal hard drive on your system. If error correction could/or would be possible it would have to be something running/installed in your O/S
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Yes, as long as your not transferring more then 230gig to the new drive. As far as transferring all your info they make a bunch of cloning software. BUT! I highly recommend just reinstall everything from scratch and only transferring what you need from your old to new drive. It will make it run a lot smoother and cleaner.
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Hi,The hard disk drive is independent with the OS. It depends on the connection port and the standard of hardware of the computer. The best way for you is to check the old hard disk drive on your computer and buy a new one with the same specifications.
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There is an article on Ars Technica you may want to read called "Putting hard drive reliability to the test shows not all disks are equal". I don't think Amazon allows URLs to posted here so you can use Google to search for the web page. There are interesting results shown for the different drive manufacturers.
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Yes, there is no difference at all in that respect. I have replaced 2 hard drives recently, one in a desktop, one in an old Dell XPS laptop.
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You can copy your drive to a same or larger but, I think you end up with all the data in the same places as the old one. I use this as a way to have a back up drive that I copy to and then use the new copy, the old drive is where I left off. In a few months, I do the same thing unless I feel performance issues and then, I pull the new files off, copy the previous version back onto the drive, install the previous drive and back to being happy. Having lost all my software and configs and taking 3 days to get back to where I had a friendly usable computer, it is worth it.
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Yes, I have done that. I installed the new hard drive in the second drive location in the computer box. Then all you have to do is run the clone process. After that completed I moved the drive C: cable to the new drive and removed the old drive from the box. I recommend saving the old drive in case of a failure in the new drive (it happened to me).
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Hi, The hard disk drive is independent with the OS. It depends on the connection port and the standard of hardware of the computer. The best way for you is to check the old hard disk drive on your computer and buy a new one with the same specifications.
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You should be able to download and use the free software "Seagate DiscWizard" from the Seagate website. I know you can usually clone data from a current hard drive to a new hard drive as long as the new hard drive is larger than the current hard drive.
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It appears that the other hard drive has comparable specs. However it comes with a different firmware. Otherwise I think it is likely a matter of packaging and marketing.
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I would compare this drive to the current one you own. If the size or type of connector is different then that it's where your problem lies
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It should function just as the internal one with the same software, either native Win7 or whatever software you use to read/write. Just select the new drive from Explorer.
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Yes. Every computer holds the hard drive differently so they make all harddrives the same and you simply swap out old one with the new one. And if like me you were not able to back up anything be prepared to have too install windows again and also message your manufacturer your computer info and ask for a link to all the drivers you will need to make your computer able to use all of its features. You may not even have a internet driver or WiFi capability for instance until you install drivers for it I'm this instance another computer and a flash drive will be handy
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All of the disk drives are combined into one logical drive. This means that you would loose the data on your existing drives.As a side note, this unit is very fast. I have had mine about a year with no problems (Windows 7 x64).