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‎05-01-2019 07:28 PM

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Product: HP 15-bs066nr notebook
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

 

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After running tests to check my hard drive and finding out that it was damaged, I purchased a new HDD. I would like to make sure that I got the right one Amazon.com: Seagate Momentus 1 TB 2.5-Inch SATA III 5400 RPM 8MB Cache Hard Drive Bare (ST1000LM024): Computers & Accessories.  I also purchased this USB device to reinstall or recovery windows 10 OS from EzaLink on Amazon.  Before starting this I wanted to make sure I got the right stuff and I would also like any directions you could provide for me, please. Thank you in advance.

 

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‎05-01-2019 09:10 PM

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Hi Cindy...any particular reason you're choosing that specific hard drive?

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‎05-02-2019 10:18 AM

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I thought this one matched the one I removed and I had read somewhere on this forum that this one was the correct one, butI can’t find that back.

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‎05-02-2019 10:29 AM

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The reason I asked is that I wouldn't recommend putting that exact same hard drive back in it because it's old technology and slow.  It is 1 TB in size though which is nice but if you don't' need that much storage space you could go with a really fast SSD 250 GB for $12 more or 500 GB for $30 more:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-250GB-Internal-MZ-76E250B-AM/dp/B07864WMK8/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1GSOQN6FVH...

 

can you post a direct link here to what windows recovery product you bought from Amazon?

 

Your old hard drive is completely dead and won't boot up, is that correct?

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‎05-02-2019 11:28 AM

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Yes that’s correct.  I bought the EZALINK usb drive reinstall, Repair, recovery, restore boot fix USB, professional and home 32 and 64 Bit for all brands. I believe I paid like 15 dollars for it.

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‎05-02-2019 05:18 PM

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I could not get the link to transfer, I’m not sure how I did the first one.

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‎05-03-2019 09:24 AM

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Hi Cindy yea so I asked the EZALINK people for you and according to them it will work.  So get yourself one of the hard drives I recommended and you should be all set and will greatly improve the performance of your laptop as well. EZALINK.PNG 

 

 

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