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Title: Need Urgent help >_<
Post by: goxen4 on December 01, 2008, 08:19:46 PM

sorry if i posted this in the wrong place i dont know under what category it would fal, anyways my laptop recently reported it had a S.M.A.R.T error and that the hdd would fail so i did some research and supposibly any SATA hdd will be compatible i have a toshiba satelite L45-S7423
my warranty is expired and they wanna charge me like $300 to install a new hdd my cousin can probably install everything i need into a new hdd but i wanna know if my laptop hdd is under the cd drive and also is it one of those simple to take out drives? and if i do get a new hdd can someone give me links to ones i can buy that my laptop will support i dont wanna open my laptop and just mess it up would any of these be ok? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....ATA%203.0Gb%2fs (http://\"http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000150380%201035915133&name=SATA%203.0Gb%2fs\") please help >_< oh and also what would i need to do to the new hdd like what would i need to install on it?

Title: Need Urgent help >_<
Post by: goxen4 on December 04, 2008, 10:02:31 PM

can no one tell me anything  /sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':(\' />

Title: Need Urgent help >_<
Post by: guestolo on December 05, 2008, 06:00:59 PM

Have you made backups of any important documents>>files/folders?
If not, do it now

As much info i can find, your computer comes with 120 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm hard drive
And probably a generic drive
Normally 2.5" >> 9.5 mm
As indicated by the following link
http://www.drivesolutions.com/cgi-bin/shop...;itemid=tol1415 (http://\"http://www.drivesolutions.com/cgi-bin/shop/ug2store.cgi?command=listitems&kind=tol&pos=0&type=itemid&itemid=tol1415\")

Take in mind, Drive Solutions is recommending Sata 300 or 150
Yours is standard 150
I'm not sure if all laptop drives are backwards compatible
Sometimes just changing a Jumper pin will control the speed

You may think about going to a 7200rpm
Not sure if your planning to ghost your drive, or reinstall if you have the recovery disks
That is your option

As far as removing the Harddrive, I couldn't find a clear picture of your exact model
The closest I could find is the following link
http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Tosh...tructions-1.htm (http://\"http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba-Satellite-L45/laptop-disassembly-instructions-1.htm\")
Steps 1 and 2
Indicating 2 cover screws and 4 hard drive screws
Click on the pics to Enlarge them

NOTE: Ensure to unplug the laptop from power source and remove Battery before removing harddrive