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Hi,
I have a 250GB WD notebook hard drive (it's actually from an external hard drive which I dismantled) and its motor seemed to have failed, and I really want to recover the data in these disks. I don't really know the true, down-to-earh workings of the insides of hard disks so I'm wondering if anybody knows if I could swap the disks from one to the other?
I found an 80GB WD Scorpio HDD (same as my 250 GB, also "Scorpio") on ebay and I'm really wondering if I could swap the disks without a problem. I'm concerned that the spindle specifications, etc, may be different from each other because of the capacity. Both should be able to support two-layer disks so, that I'm sure.
Anyone have any thoughts? Would be greatly appreciated.
I have a 250GB WD notebook hard drive (it's actually from an external hard drive which I dismantled) and its motor seemed to have failed, and I really want to recover the data in these disks. I don't really know the true, down-to-earh workings of the insides of hard disks so I'm wondering if anybody knows if I could swap the disks from one to the other?
I found an 80GB WD Scorpio HDD (same as my 250 GB, also "Scorpio") on ebay and I'm really wondering if I could swap the disks without a problem. I'm concerned that the spindle specifications, etc, may be different from each other because of the capacity. Both should be able to support two-layer disks so, that I'm sure.
Anyone have any thoughts? Would be greatly appreciated.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195Intel Core i7-2630QM@2GHz(2.9GHz Turbo Boost)...Kingston DDR3 1333 16GB (4GBx4)nVidia GTX 460m 1.5GB
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Asus G73SW-XN2
- OS
- Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-2630QM@2GHz(2.9GHz Turbo Boost) [Sandy Bridge]
- Motherboard
- Asus G73SW (Intel HM65 Chipset)
- Memory
- Kingston DDR3 1333 16GB (4GBx4)
- Graphics Card(s)
- nVidia GTX 460m 1.5GB
- Sound Card
- EAX Advanced HD 5.0, THX TruStudio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17.3 in. primary & 23 in. secondary
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- Seagate Momentus XT (SATA II) 500 GB @ 7200 RPM
Hitachi (SATA II) 500GB @ 7200 RPM
Non Raid because ASUS was crappy to choose an HM65 Chipset
- Keyboard
- Built-in 102-Key Backlit Keyboard
- Other Info
- It's a Laptop.
