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‎08-08-2018 01:42 PM

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Product: HP Notebook 15-ac121dx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Without warning, my HDD crashed a few days ago. The computer wont boot at all. I need to change the HDD but want to switch from my ATA Toshiba 1TB 5400 RPM 2.5" HDD to a SATA Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200 RPM 2.5" HDD.

 

Is it as easy as just swapping out the ATA for the SATA?

 

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‎08-08-2018 02:26 PM - edited ‎08-08-2018 02:41 PM

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The laptop uses SATA hard drives. True ATA/EIDE/PATA laptop hard drives have not been used in at least 10 years so yes it is that simple. You will see that the old and new drives have identical connector interfaces. 

 

 

 You have the kind on the leftYou have the kind on the left

 

 

 

 

Hard drive replacementHard drive replacement

 

Pages 42-43 of the Manual here:

 

Manual

 

Post back with any other questions but please accept as solution if its the info you need. 

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‎08-08-2018 02:26 PM - edited ‎08-08-2018 02:41 PM

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The laptop uses SATA hard drives. True ATA/EIDE/PATA laptop hard drives have not been used in at least 10 years so yes it is that simple. You will see that the old and new drives have identical connector interfaces. 

 

 

 You have the kind on the leftYou have the kind on the left

 

 

 

 

Hard drive replacementHard drive replacement

 

Pages 42-43 of the Manual here:

 

Manual

 

Post back with any other questions but please accept as solution if its the info you need. 

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‎08-08-2018 02:29 PM

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Thank you so very much! I sincerely appreciate your quick response. 

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