Bad HDD

[smwoodcrafts1]

I'm a bit disappionted with this laptop. M daughter bought this. It seemed like a good deal and she didn't have a lot of money. She's had it for 15 months and it appears the HDD has died and I have to replace it. I've always bought HP and now, I'm not sure if I would recommend them again. 

So, on to my question. The HDD is listed as a 1 TB 5400 rpm SATA. Would it be better to get a 7200 rpm replacement? Would that increase the performance any? Are there any manufacturers that I should look for over another? I assume this is a 2.5" drive.

Thanks

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

Yes, a 7200 RPM hard drive would be a better option, but better still, would be a solid state drive (SSD).

Here is what I would recommend for a 7,200 RPM HDD replacement if you want a 1 TB HDD...

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Performance-Mobile-Hard-Drive/dp/B01DOL05OC

Solid state drives are going to cost more and have less storage but are less prone to failure and are much faster than a mechanical hard drive...

If your daughter can live with 240 GB of space, I have two of these in my PC's and they work great.

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-240GB-Solid-State-SDSSDA-240G-G26/dp/B01F9G43WU

For reinstalling the OS...

You can always clean install W10 for free at any time by using the Media creation tool at the link below...

Download the W10 64 bit version. 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

The tool will allow you to create a bootable W10 USB installation flash drive, or save an ISO file which you can burn to a DVD using your DVD burning program's burn ISO file option.

The tool will also work with the W10 product key in your PC's BIOS and activate once you are connected to the internet.

After W10 installs, you can install the drivers and available software from your PC's support page.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-15-ay000-Notebook-PC-series-%28Touch%29/10862302/model/13386...

[ichi730]

Hi,

I found this answer in one of the technical forums out there. Well make sense..

I quote "Traditionally 5,400 RPM drives have demonstrated greater reliability. The parts are under less stress because they do the work slower, they use less power usually, and they generate less heat. 7,200 RPM drives have classically been chosen over 5,400 RPM drives only for faster performance.

Today, technology has advanced quite a bit to the point that the difference in how fast the drives wear out is negligible. Therefore the 7,200 RPM drive is the better choice because it does have a small performance advantage over the 5,400 RPM drive, but reliability is not higher than 5,400 RPM drives.

Instead, the specific drives you are considering should be investigated as different models may have inherent design flaws that make them worse, or may have shown to perform exceedingly well and reliable. You can't judge universally based on RPM."

Regards,

ichi