Laptop hard drive type?

[BogMonster]

I'm going to buy a new laptop shortly but as there is nothing wrong with the old one I want to get a bigger HD to put in it and reinstall everything onto that as it's starting to chug a bit (usual Windows congestion!) and only has a 40GB drive in which is almost full.

It's a Toshiba Equium L10-200 I bought in 2005. Control panel says the HD controller is an "Intel 82801DBM Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CA"

Does it need an ATA drive or a SATA drive or what else would I need to know to get the right one? I think it's probably the older ATA sort but can't find anything definitive online to be 100% sure and I won't be doing the upgrade till I get back home.

[jezza2011]

You should be able to tell from the origional drive. If its a SATA then you will need the same type but bigger. like wise for a ATA.

but from the teck spec looks like a IDE
Dont know if this is the same model as yours

Toshiba Satellite Pro L10 : Read product information and read reviews

Type IDE, Serial ATA / IDE
Serial ATA Interface Serial ATA-150

Best bet is to get the drive model number and type. i

[Pikey Dave]

Bought in 2005!!, its probably a wet clay & papyrus stylus type, using cuniform code
Get your hand in your pocket you tight sod!

[longjohn]

Almost certainly an IDE drive - get the model number from the device manager display and see - also check these specs:

Toshiba PSL17E-006001EN Equium L10-200 - notebooks | Icecat.biz

Just bear in mind the laptop is 6 years old and the cost & hassle of upgrading disk (probably needs more ram as well) etc is a good proportion of a new laptop! They are dirt cheap these days. Good money after bad and all that.......
John

[willk]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

Bought in 2005!!, its probably a wet clay & papyrus stylus type, using cuniform code
Get your hand in your pocket you tight sod!

you're not wrong P-D!

Stephen - say bye-bye to that thing! Or wipe the disk and reinstall, but use a portable drive for those extra files (at least you will be able to access them on any PC). You might be better putting the money into a centralised storage system for the house (networked WiFi HD)

Seriously, as soon as you upgrade the disk (and RAM), the screen will fail, or the battery...

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by willk

you're not wrong P-D!

Stephen - say bye-bye to that thing! Or wipe the disk and reinstall, but use a portable drive for those extra files (at least you will be able to access them on any PC). You might be better putting the money into a centralised storage system for the house (networked WiFi HD)

Seriously, as soon as you upgrade the disk (and RAM), the screen will fail, or the battery...

Reminds me of Triggers sweeping brush, It's only had 3 new handles & 4 heads, good as the day he bought it

[BogMonster]

0/10 for observation for several respondents for failing to read the first line

I am going to get a new laptop shortly (probably a Toshiba R830-143 if I can bloody find one anywhere... rocking horse poo ) but as there is nothing wrong with this one that a reinstall won't cure, it is being retired to being a "spare", hold backup copies of my expanding photo collection and also act as my Evinrude diagnostic computer

I don't have any tools with me on holiday so dismantling the old one for a look isn't an option at the moment, I was basically going to buy the cheapest 2.5" HD that would fit in the computer (about £30 ish) and reinstall XP onto that when I get home. Toshiba laptops generally last for ever anyway so no major concerns on reliability.

Ta - think I will leave it till I get home and pull it apart to check then to be sure. Device Manager says it's a Toshiba MK4025GAS which does look like an IDE drive.

[BogMonster]

OK a bit of research and ingenuity discovered where they hid the drive on the laptop and got it out with nothing more than a pointy knife (which may not be quite as pointy as it was but that's another problem)

The drive is a Tosh drive as above and has 2 rows of pins on the connector, a group of 2 pairs, a gap, and a group of 22 pairs, like this (tech drawing coming up)

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Is this definitely an old type IDE? If so I think this should fit?

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/p...ov-nbhd16.html

Ta

[willk]

Originally Posted by BogMonster

0/10 for observation for several respondents for failing to read the first line

Oh I read it alright. I stand by my post. My own take is that the only upgrade worth while on a laptop is RAM. Seriously, leave the poor auld baste alone and go for the extra shared storage.

[SPR]

yes it's and IDE drive...