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‎04-03-2019 10:47 AM

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Product: Compaq Presario CQ57 -480SA
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

I have started getting Hard Disk Error message before the computer starts. I think I need to replace my hard drive, but it seems like there is brand new versions of Samsung ST500LM012 avaialble. Can I trust a used/recondition driver? Who would you recommend to purchase from?

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‎04-03-2019 12:21 PM

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@Charlie1232 wrote:

... Can I trust a used/recondition driver? Who would you recommend to purchase f

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Why you have to trust an old HDD? HDD's use mechanical/moving parts. I don't trust ANY used/recondition drive. You can use nearly all standard 2.5" HDD's on market today, only one thing you need to check out: thickness, your machine use 9.5mm HDD's.

 

And you can buy from any good computer store

 

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‎04-03-2019 12:21 PM

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@Charlie1232 wrote:

... Can I trust a used/recondition driver? Who would you recommend to purchase f

@Charlie1232 

 

Why you have to trust an old HDD? HDD's use mechanical/moving parts. I don't trust ANY used/recondition drive. You can use nearly all standard 2.5" HDD's on market today, only one thing you need to check out: thickness, your machine use 9.5mm HDD's.

 

And you can buy from any good computer store

 

Regards.

BH
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‎04-03-2019 02:26 PM

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I would recommend only getting new components that have never been used. I also recommend that you get a Solid State Drive, or SSD. They are faster than HDDs, and they are much more durable.

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‎04-04-2019 12:06 PM

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Thank you for your quick reply. I am computer illiterate, so all this is new to me. I will try and look into SSDs.

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‎04-04-2019 12:08 PM

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Sorry to ask more questions, but will the SSD or HHD have the same tyep of interface as my current disk drive? IMy current system has a SATA 3 interface.

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‎04-04-2019 01:21 PM

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There should be SSDs or HDDs that have the same interface. I still recommend getting an SSD, as for a 1TB SSD, they are around $100 to $200 at average for a new one on Amazon. I also recommend getting an optical drive caddy for HDDs. You can put your SSD in it and then you should be able to transfer your files between them. However, you will need to remove your optical drive, which will be easy. And the caddys are around $10 on Amazon. Video link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?vl=en&v=CMNwY0OWj2I

 

Also, I  think that the laptop will be more stable with two storage drives being used at the same time. Perhaps you can have Windows downloaded on both storage drives, and one of them is set as the primary one. With that, if one of them fails, the other one will probably compensate for that. 👍 However, if you use your DVD writer a lot, you can simply switch back.

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‎04-06-2019 03:33 AM

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Thank you so much for the detailed advice and You tube link.

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