hd replacement alternative?

[FatteyMattey]

Hey all, I have a Toshiba Satellite A305-S6858 laptop with a broken hard drive.

Looking for a replacement drive, Newegg is out of stock of the hard drive that comes with my laptop: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...yMark=False&IsFeedbackTab=true#scrollFullInfo

Anyone have a good alternative that would fit nicely with my laptop? I'd like it to be similar to my broken one.

 

[raybik]

Proprietary power connections, makes it so you have to buy there stuff.

 

[FatteyMattey]

So I would have to buy a particular hard drive for this?

 

[fugu]

Pull the hard disk out and see if there's an interposer board on the back of it that connects to the drive's SATA port. You might have to pull this off and stick it on the new drive

 

[drescherjm]

So I would have to buy a particular hard drive for this?

Most likely not. I mean the laptop will most likely have a 2.5 inch sata notebook drive. Any modern one should do fine provided it is standard dimensions but then again if it was thicker it most likely would not have been made in the last year or so..

 

[FatteyMattey]

Here's a pic below. I guess I've been out of the game for far too long. I know it's a 320GB, 5400RPM hard drive, but I don't understand fluctuations in price and features well enough to pick a good alternative. :/

 

[drescherjm]

Looks standard to me. You will need to keep the metal cage. All prices are high now and for the last few months or so because of the drive shortage caused by the floods in Thailand.


Look here for ideas:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...605 600003459 4027&IsNodeId=1&name=$75 - $100

 

[FatteyMattey]

Wow I had no idea.. interesting how interconnected the whole world is. Thx for the info!

 

[DuronClocker]

I've got two 2.5" WD Blacks (WD2500BEKT and WD3200BEKT). The 320GB is in my laptop, and the 250GB is in my HTPC. I'm very happy with them.

Of course I bought these last year before prices skyrocketed. On Newegg, these have doubled in price since the flooding.