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by dnald

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I have a Tecra 8000 laptop that the hard drive cratered on. The original hard drive was an IBM model dada26480. This is the second such hard drive of this mobel I have seen go bad recently. What I'm wanting to know if there is someone that can tell me which hard drives I can replace the bad one with or if there is a drive interchange guide somewhere?

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by djent

Check with Toshiba. Many laptops have HD parameters burned to the BIOS and cannot be changed. Therefore you can only use a matching drive.

by thechas

There are several form factors in the 2.5" drives.
You should be able to use drives from any manufacture that fit the drive compartment.

Verify with Toshiba the maximum drive capacity that the system supports.

Some of the drive manufactures web sites have guides to help identify compatible drives.

Chas

by gorien

basically you need to check with you laptop manufacturer to see what is compatible. i'm no familiar with that laptop but depending on the age of your laptop some times it is better to get a new laptop but usually you would have to get a bigger harddrive. in any event don't get anythihng with a western digital Hard drive. they don't honor the warranty.

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