Dell laptop with Toshiba ATA 40gb hard drive Hard Drive stared making a terrible noise while using my laptop. Got the error 0f00 0244 Msg; Block 585542: Uncorrectable data error Just wondering if this can be fixed and if not can I get a new hard drive off ebay and if so could someone recommend one as I am unsure about compatability and such.
Just about any 2.5" SATA drive should work. I like the hitachi 500GB units...they seem reliable enough...and they are the best GB-per-dollar you will find in a laptop drive.
Cheers KillerBug. I don't really need one that size. I am trying to choose from the following http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...re=2.5_sata_hard_drive-_-22-136-278-_-Product http://cgi.ebay.ie/320GB-SATA-Inter...K_Computing_HardDrives_RL?hash=item2557bfc2b8 http://cgi.ebay.ie/160GB-Samsung-2-...K_Computing_HardDrives_RL?hash=item2a03755a8c http://cgi.ebay.ie/2-5-TOSHIBA-80GB...K_Computing_HardDrives_RL?hash=item3a55da01fc Would I notice a big difference between 16mb vs 8mb cache.
can't use this 1 if your current drive is sata interface. http://cgi.ebay.ie/160GB-Samsung-2-...K_Computing_HardDrives_RL?hash=item2a03755a8c
Sorry for being a huge noob but I am not entirely sure if my hard drive interface is IDE or SATA. This is the broken hard drive in my laptop. http://www.superwarehouse.com/Toshiba_40GB_SuperSlim_MK4026GAX_Hard_Drive/HDD2193/p/357828 It say Interface: DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) whih I thought ment it was SATA but it's listed under IDE hard drives.
that is an ide drive so can't use sata drives as they use a different interface. the drive i said above you can't use now can use.
