A friend has asked me to have have a look at a laptop he was given and if I could a new HDD in for him as the previous owner took the original HDD out before giving it to him.
After a quick look at the laptop I told him he needed an IDE 2.5 inch HDD. So he ordered one and brought it over for me it fit.
Trouble I'm having is that the new HDD does not fit into the laptop. I'm a little behind these days with all the tech stuff but can someone please have a look at these pics and tell me where I am going wrong?
Is this an IDE interface?
I take it this is a normal IDE HDD? I'm not sure what the extra 4 pins on the end are for.
As you can see, the HDD won't fit into the laptop, at least not if it's plugged in.
Does anyone know what sort of drive I need or is there a certain make that need?
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Not sure on what laptop is it at the moment, there are no logo's on it at all. I'll boot it up again in a sec and take a look at what the post screen says.
There is a model number of 600L on the bottom but googling that brings up way to much stuff and nothing relevant that I have found yet.
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On reflection, maybe it is a dead hdd! 