Hello, I have an old-ish laptop whose hard drive has come to fail. Or at least, I get an error at start-up saying failure is imminent. But I really like this laptop, so I'm thinking of replacing the hard drive. The model is a Sony Vaio VGN-SR520G. I googled a bit, and from what I can tell, the laptop uses a type of hard drive called "SATA." Something like that: http://www.drivesolutions.com/cgi/s...ems&kind=sol&pos=0&type=itemid&itemid=sol3600 I'm thinking of purchasing the 750GB, 7200RPM drive for $105. My questions for you experts are: 1) Is this the correct model of hard drive for my laptop? 2) How hard (pun definitely intended) will installing this new hard drive be? Is it "unscrew things and plug things in" sort of process, or is it more involved? I am, you can probably tell, not the most experienced with computers (but I'm not completely hopeless). Finally, 3) I'm guessing I'll need to install a new OS. I don't mind losing any of the files that are on the laptop now (there's nothing on there that's critical that I hadn't already backed up), but I'm guessing that buying Windows is going to be expensive. My friend raves about Ubuntu, and I've played around with it on an even-older laptop. Any thoughts / suggestions on this? Ladies and gentlemen, thank you a thousand times in advance!
Yes, this hard drive is a sata 2.5 hard drive.. Why do you want a 750 in size ? The hard drive will be easy to change...Yes, you will need to install a new OS.. Stick with Windows...take a look here... http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=MK5076GSX&cat=HDD
Hey, Ghostman, thanks for the reply. That's a WAY better deal than the ones I was looking at. The only reason I picked out the 750GB drive above was that it was only $10 more than the 500GB one. But I think I'll go with the one you posted (or something similar). It looks like I might be able to get the same model on Amazon.com for even less: http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-MK507...SX+500GB+SATA/300+5400RPM+8MB+2.5"+Hard+Drive
Yea, I always do allot of research before I buy ANYTHING.. Take a look at newegg.com, You might get it cheaper, plus free shipping..
Yeah, now I'm thinking of getting this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148591
Hi If Capacity is not very important, I suggest buy SSD like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227706 otherwise I prefer WD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136835
