21-05-2016, 11:46 AM
Any hdd will fit as long as it is the same connection, you will have to peer inside the of to find out if it is IDE (seriously old) or sata
There are 2 types of power 4 pin sata and 7 pin sata. 4 pin is older, just disconnect the cables to the hdd to find out, replacements are dead cheap.
With the laptop get a CD of the operating system and as long as you still have the sticker for Windows with ledgiable numbers, do a fresh install.
Simply put the cd in and follow the instructions on screen. I could have both done in about 3 hours as Windows takes about 2 to do fully.
If you do re-install Windows, it will at some point as where you want to install it, choose to delete partitions and format, this will remove all data from the HDD and be like new.
There are 2 types of power 4 pin sata and 7 pin sata. 4 pin is older, just disconnect the cables to the hdd to find out, replacements are dead cheap.
With the laptop get a CD of the operating system and as long as you still have the sticker for Windows with ledgiable numbers, do a fresh install.
Simply put the cd in and follow the instructions on screen. I could have both done in about 3 hours as Windows takes about 2 to do fully.
If you do re-install Windows, it will at some point as where you want to install it, choose to delete partitions and format, this will remove all data from the HDD and be like new.
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