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will any replacement 2.5 inch ide hard drive fit a dell inspiron 8600 laptop?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Qualified Yes. It is a IDE connection.

    This site will give you all the Factory Specs on your laptop:

    http://reviews.cnet.com/Dell_Inspiron_8600_series/...

    Hope this helps you.

    daveo5624

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    6 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    It should fit fine. If you use a drive that has a much larger storage capacity than the original, you might have to perform a BIOS update so it can properly recognize the geometry. I replace a number of laptop drives for my customers. I rarely have problems.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    All laptop hard drives are interchangeable.

  • 1 decade ago

    yes

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