billy

Thanks for your help. I ended up ordering one of these: http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/160GB-IDE-Samsung-25inch--5400RPM-8MB-Notebook-HDD-OEM_6075.html It is only 5400rpm, but this is still an improvement over the standard 4500rpm I have. The hard drive does seem to be reasonably well thought of on other forums however, it seems to be regarded as the fastest IDE one around this size. Something to do with it having one 160GB platter, but I wont pretend to know what that means. http://forum.notebookreview.com/hardware-components-aftermarket-upgrades/264209-review-samsung-hm160hc-worlds-fastest-ata-ide-mobile-hard-drive.html I'll keep my fingers crossed that it will suit my needs. Now I just need to find the recovery disks! Thanks again

Hi, Thanks for the quick response. Ive been having a good dig on google however all the 7'200 rpm drives I can find are 1.2cm thick. Mine is a 9.5mm, and the laptop slot is such that nothing thicker will fit.

Would one of these suit? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Scorpio-160GB-Internal/dp/B000RH3W9M/ref=sr_1_64?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1321788191&sr=1-64

Hi all, First post in here unfortunately, so please forgive me, however I am looking for some advice regarding replacing the hard drive on an old laptop I have for something a bit quicker and bigger. The laptop is a Sony PCG-GRT715M, dating back to about 2003 I think. The specs are here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-VAIO-PCG-GRT715M-DVD±RW-5600/dp/B0000ATEU0 except I upgraded the Ram to 1GB a couple of years ago. I rarely use it now as I have a far newer one, but would like to bring it back into service as a desktop substitute for things like music etc. The hard drive is only 40GB, so I would like to replace it for something in the 120-160GB range, and it would be nice were it a bit quicker. The current hard drive is a Hitachi DK23EA-40 https://www1.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/dk/2/23ea40spec.html. It slots in the side in a neat little cradle that it attaches to with 4 screws on the side. I dont know if its physical size is a set standard, but I'd want the replacement to fit in the same way. A couple of pics of it to hopefully aid someone: http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6224/6368408837_82b0813495_z.jpg http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6217/6368409791_83ca2cdee0_z.jpg My limit of knowledge runs out short of hard drive compatability however so I was hoping someone could recomend me a hard drive that would fit these requirements? Any help would be gratefully recieved.