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billyball2 · 10-17-2003, 08:15 AM

Hi All,

I have a Dell Inspiration c610 laptop and the Hard Drive is bad. I found a 30 gig (Toshiba) hard drive for $90 and I grabbed it as a replacement. The only problem is that the new hard drive has the pins exposed at the end that connects to the computer, but the existing hard drive has a cap/adapter on the pins to make the drive fit into their drive bay.

My question is, is this adapter something I can pick up at Best Buy, or do I have to (carefully) remove it from the old drive and put it on the new one? Any compatibility issues to be concerned with?

Thanks

10-17-2003, 08:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
billyball2 Upright	Problem Replacing a Laptop Hard Drive Hi All, I have a Dell Inspiration c610 laptop and the Hard Drive is bad. I found a 30 gig (Toshiba) hard drive for $90 and I grabbed it as a replacement. The only problem is that the new hard drive has the pins exposed at the end that connects to the computer, but the existing hard drive has a cap/adapter on the pins to make the drive fit into their drive bay. My question is, is this adapter something I can pick up at Best Buy, or do I have to (carefully) remove it from the old drive and put it on the new one? Any compatibility issues to be concerned with? Thanks