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Regarding upgradation of my laptop's internal Hard Disk drive...?

Hey everyone! I'm doubtful as to whether I can upgrade my laptop's (Acer TravelMate 3240) HDD or not. A few days ago i went ahead and opened my laptop to see the original HDD's specs.. Here they are:

Toshiba - Disk Drive - MK6034GAX

HDD 2D17 E 2K01 S

DC + 5V 1.0A

[2.5" 9.5mm Laptop HardDrive]

60.00 GB (LBA 117, 210, 240 sectors)

My question is, is it possible to replace this Hard Drive with one of higher capacity? Is there any other compatibility issues to check with?Also, it is connected to my laptop using some kind of 46-pins or something.. is this avail with all HDDs?I'm planning to buy it once all my doubts are cleared.. Thanks!

Update:

****I've bought the retail XP cd a few months ago... will that be ok?Also my laptop is currently running on xp installed from a different disc.. Actually, there is no restore cds included with my laptop ****

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  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    what's unusual is did it artwork earlier you packed it up? if so, once you packed it, did you drop it or shop it in a warm damp ecosystem? If no longer, looks unusual why you're getting that message. i might attempt to seem on the tensechronic region and reseat the tensechronic. and did you ability it up utilising a ability twine? Or it may desire to be the battery inflicting your issue.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    most laptops have a separate partition on the hard drive with the recovery files on it. so if you dont have a retail version of your operating system i'm not sure how you would do it? i don't know if the restore discs will work on a new clean hard drive?

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