HP DV9705ea (DV9000 series) NEED HDD!

b-star · 9 Mar 2009 at 15:41

HI, turned on my laptop today and:

SMART Failure Predicted on Hard Drive 4 (samsung HM121Ht(S1))
Warning: Replace HDD a Failure may be imminent!
Press F1 to continue (after I Press, nothing happens)

guess I need new HDD!
so, can I use any 2.5" laptop hdd?
cheers

beermonster · 9 Mar 2009 at 22:51

yes any SATA 2.5" hard drive will work.

ShakenNstirred · 11 Mar 2009 at 04:44

while your upgrading the hdd, you may as well got one thats 7200rpm instead of the standard 5400rpm drive.
its a worth while upgrade

khrall · 11 Mar 2009 at 20:21

ShakenNstirred said:
while your upgrading the hdd, you may as well got one thats 7200rpm instead of the standard 5400rpm drive.
its a worth while upgrade

Take into account heat and battery issues too!

Faster drive will drain battery faster and possibly generate more heat, but if you use it on mains power mostly, the speed increase could be benificial.

b-star · 14 Mar 2009 at 16:06

Hi!
Thank you for advice, but I have contacted HP and they said laptop support maximum of 250GB HDD in single with speed 5400rmp!
or 250+250gb in dual (laptop support 2 hdd's)

I ordered Toshiba 250gb, installed new Vista Ultimate...so far so good!

ShakenNstirred · 15 Mar 2009 at 19:29

khrall said:
Take into account heat and battery issues too!

Faster drive will drain battery faster and possibly generate more heat, but if you use it on mains power mostly, the speed increase could be benificial.

the new drives actually don't really give of anymore heat and battery life doesnt change much in my HP laptop(newer drives are a lot better on power use)
i have 2 7200rpm drives in my HP laptop and heat isn't a factor at all