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**RayFairhurst** · 03-25-2006, 09:45 PM

Laptops come with cheesy hard drives - and slow ones at that.

I'd replace it with one with speeds at least 5400 rpm, and 7200 rpm is even better.

A 5200 rpm harddrive from a company like Seagate or Maxtor is almost always twice as fast as the stock drive.

But yeah, once the SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) reports the drive is going, it's usually done - but not always.

Before trying to reformat the drive, shot down the computer for at least half an hour. Often, the drive is running hot and won't work right.

03-25-2006, 09:45 PM	#1
RayFairhurst Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 496 Senior Member	Laptops come with cheesy hard drives - and slow ones at that. I'd replace it with one with speeds at least 5400 rpm, and 7200 rpm is even better. A 5200 rpm harddrive from a company like Seagate or Maxtor is almost always twice as fast as the stock drive. But yeah, once the SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) reports the drive is going, it's usually done - but not always. Before trying to reformat the drive, shot down the computer for at least half an hour. Often, the drive is running hot and won't work right.
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