Dell Latitude D600 - Need a new HDD

[Prophet]

The Hard Drive in my D600 spat its dummy and failed so I'm after a new disk. Currently its a 40GB 5400RPM Fuji. I'm looking at going bigger and faster. Will a 3 year old D600 sturggle with a 120+ 7200RPM drive?

Whats the flavour of the month in the 2.5" IDE HDD market?

Cheers,
OP

 

[rpstewart]

You'll struggle to get much above 100Gb in a 7200rpm IDE drive I think. I had a look about the other week and anything bigger is either SATA or 5400rpm.

In terms of whether it'll take a drive that big I'd say probably but not guaranteed. Have a swift google and see if you can find anyone else who's done it.

 

[Prophet]

I've just checked the dell site which has an upgrade option to an 80GB 5400RPM. So I'm going to take a gamble that a 100/120 will work too. I don't mind an 80 but I'm going to buy the best MB/£ option.