Laptop hard drive HDD2188 died.

Jules · 25th June 2007, 00:37

Oh bother my 4 year old Laptop 80 Gb hard drive has finaly died

RIP

All is not lost however as it gave me a couple of weeks warning ie some clicking noises and beeps during boot up.

So I backed all my important stuff up before she finally blew. Phew.

Laptop "Gericom" originally from Aldi ! has given great service for 4 years with 4 hours a day usage! Not one once of bother from the Software or Hardware.

Thinking of just buying a hard drive to give it new lease of life.
2 min job and 1 screw to remove it!
It's a Toshiba HDD2188 MK 8025GAS now superseeded I believe by a 5400RPM

It's generic so I don't have to stick to Toshiba & most makes have a 3 year warranty.

Any advice or Good suppliers of hard drives welcome. Seen some for 79 dollars.
So a lot cheaper than a new laptop.

mantianak · 25th June 2007, 09:25

I personally prefer Hitchai drives, not sure how their 2.5 drives are.

I think the drive you select depends on the capacity you need. You can get 80GB for £40-50.

I don't usually use these kind websites but they do give an idea of pricing and availability
http://www.nextag.co.uk/Computers--P...ukzB7z5---html

ColinB · 25th June 2007, 16:07

Try Dabs.com

http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx...fset=10#Paging

I have always found them good for components.
Your hard drive is 80gb so don't get smaller, the price difference isn't much.

Jules · 25th June 2007, 19:44

Ta for the info Gents

Tootall · 25th June 2007, 20:19

Brought the wife a new hard drive for her PC the other week from a computer fair £76 for a 500gig.

Jules · 25th June 2007, 22:20

Don't think I'll be able to shoe horn a 500 Gb drive into my Laptop though

JohnDotCom · 26th June 2007, 13:34

I'm back on Friday Jules and have some Hard Drive 2.5" for laptops in the workshop, or Trade supply for 100GB/120GB etc.
If you can wait, be in touch Friday,
otherwise go ahead, most modern ones are now 5400rpm and all will do the job you want, the ones with a bigger cache work out better value and faster.

Jules · 26th June 2007, 14:11

Cor , was just about to order one through Amazon from States!!

I'll hang on for one of your drives, as I'm off to France shortly.
Just finished re assembling our beloved CDT. Now kitted out

ie New fan motor ( with Modded resistor of course):lol:
Oil change and filters
Ron's Tu3
Winggy's EGR bypass kit (revs like a banchi now)

So see you to sort things when we get back.

TTFN

25th June 2007, 00:37	#1
Jules This is my second home ZT 260 SE Twilight and 10 other 75 ZT's :O Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Conwy NORTH WALES Posts: 11,094 Thanks: 512 Thanked 1,116 Times in 763 Posts	Laptop hard drive HDD2188 died. Oh bother my 4 year old Laptop 80 Gb hard drive has finaly died RIP All is not lost however as it gave me a couple of weeks warning ie some clicking noises and beeps during boot up. So I backed all my important stuff up before she finally blew. Phew. Laptop "Gericom" originally from Aldi ! has given great service for 4 years with 4 hours a day usage! Not one once of bother from the Software or Hardware. Thinking of just buying a hard drive to give it new lease of life. 2 min job and 1 screw to remove it! It's a Toshiba HDD2188 MK 8025GAS now superseeded I believe by a 5400RPM It's generic so I don't have to stick to Toshiba & most makes have a 3 year warranty. Any advice or Good suppliers of hard drives welcome. Seen some for 79 dollars. So a lot cheaper than a new laptop. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Newbies do now!! 1. Plenum drains..all 3 or 4 year dependent 2. Cooling fan..All speeds functioning 3. Bonnet cable divider block

25th June 2007, 09:25	#2
mantianak I really should get out more....... ZT 190+ Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Poole Posts: 2,413 Thanks: 6 Thanked 22 Times in 21 Posts	I personally prefer Hitchai drives, not sure how their 2.5 drives are. I think the drive you select depends on the capacity you need. You can get 80GB for £40-50. I don't usually use these kind websites but they do give an idea of pricing and availability http://www.nextag.co.uk/Computers--P...ukzB7z5---html __________________ http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1..._signature.png

25th June 2007, 19:44	#4
Jules This is my second home ZT 260 SE Twilight and 10 other 75 ZT's :O Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Conwy NORTH WALES Posts: 11,094 Thanks: 512 Thanked 1,116 Times in 763 Posts	Ta for the info Gents __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Newbies do now!! 1. Plenum drains..all 3 or 4 year dependent 2. Cooling fan..All speeds functioning 3. Bonnet cable divider block

25th June 2007, 22:20	#6
Jules This is my second home ZT 260 SE Twilight and 10 other 75 ZT's :O Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Conwy NORTH WALES Posts: 11,094 Thanks: 512 Thanked 1,116 Times in 763 Posts	Don't think I'll be able to shoe horn a 500 Gb drive into my Laptop though __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Newbies do now!! 1. Plenum drains..all 3 or 4 year dependent 2. Cooling fan..All speeds functioning 3. Bonnet cable divider block

26th June 2007, 14:11	#8
Jules This is my second home ZT 260 SE Twilight and 10 other 75 ZT's :O Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Conwy NORTH WALES Posts: 11,094 Thanks: 512 Thanked 1,116 Times in 763 Posts	Cor , was just about to order one through Amazon from States!! I'll hang on for one of your drives, as I'm off to France shortly. Just finished re assembling our beloved CDT. Now kitted out ie New fan motor ( with Modded resistor of course):lol: Oil change and filters Ron's Tu3 Winggy's EGR bypass kit (revs like a banchi now) So see you to sort things when we get back. TTFN __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Newbies do now!! 1. Plenum drains..all 3 or 4 year dependent 2. Cooling fan..All speeds functioning 3. Bonnet cable divider block

25th June 2007, 16:07	#3
ColinB Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Tourer 1.8T Club SE Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Croydon, Surrey Posts: 1,141 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Try Dabs.com http://www.dabs.com/productlist.aspx...fset=10#Paging I have always found them good for components. Your hard drive is 80gb so don't get smaller, the price difference isn't much.

25th June 2007, 20:19	#5
Tootall Gets stuck in ZTT - CDTi Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: sat at my laptop Posts: 609 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Brought the wife a new hard drive for her PC the other week from a computer fair £76 for a 500gig.

26th June 2007, 13:34	#7
JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	I'm back on Friday Jules and have some Hard Drive 2.5" for laptops in the workshop, or Trade supply for 100GB/120GB etc. If you can wait, be in touch Friday, otherwise go ahead, most modern ones are now 5400rpm and all will do the job you want, the ones with a bigger cache work out better value and faster.