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Hard Drive for iQon laptop

  • 02-04-2009 1:22pm
    #1
    Noviceman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 176 ✭✭


    Hi, I'm looking to get a hard drive for an iQon laptop and i'm just wondering does it matter what type i put into it. I did a search on eBay for 2.5" Hard drive for laptop and got a number of entries for toshiba, dell, sony, fujitsu... etc, none for iQon, can I use any one of these, i would have thought so, i presume it's just the case that's different, can someone confirm?

    Ta


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  • #2
    all_nippon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭all_nippon


    Hi

    Click on Start Menu
    go to Control Panal
    The double click on system then select hardware and select device manager then select disk drives click the + sign and that will give you a model number type that into google and you should find the hdd manufacturer that will tell you the type ide / sata. from what I remember they were mostly 2.5" ide drives but best to check


  • #3
    Steo46
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 679 ✭✭✭Steo46


    There are two different drives used in these laptops. Sata or ide. If yours is a sata then buy any sata drive. If its ide then buy an ide drive. Doesn't matter who manufactures the drive.


  • #4
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    Noviceman wrote: »
    Hi, I'm looking to get a hard drive for an iQon laptop and i'm just wondering does it matter what type i put into it. I did a search on eBay for 2.5" Hard drive for laptop and got a number of entries for toshiba, dell, sony, fujitsu... etc, none for iQon, can I use any one of these, i would have thought so, i presume it's just the case that's different, can someone confirm?

    Ta

    Take out the HDD and see if its sata or ide, most new laptops have sata [check google for the picture]


  • #5
    Noviceman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 176 ✭✭Noviceman


    thanks got 160 GB SATA drive on ebay, working perfectly


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