“Will a Western Digital 1TB Internal Hard Drive Work in my HP Compaq 250 GB Laptop ? Basically i want to know if My Laptop can handle a 1 TB Internal hard drive and if a Western Digital internal hard drive will actually work on My Laptop ? in other words are the two compatible ? and how would i go about putting the new hard drive in and taking the old one out ?”

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• Your laptop should handle a 1TB drive although I wouldn't suggest this one as it's for a desktop. You need a Laptop drive.

  Answered by Adero78 11 years ago

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• No. The sizes of the drives are different. You need a 3.5 inch drive. The desktop drive just wouldn't fit.

  Answered by thecoffeeking 8 years ago

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• Sorry, I missed the laptop detail. The drives in a laptop will need to be designed for laptops.

  Answered by peugh314 9 years ago

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• No.

  Answered by sprocketrocket 11 years ago

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• You might need to update your BIOS if your laptop was made before 2004. If the laptop came with Win XP (pre-Service Pack 2) on the laptop, you'll might need to partition the drive before you reinstall your OS/clone your drive (one partition of ~280g) But that is a good thing. One partition for OS and one for data is a great way of recovering from any massive OS failure. Hope that helps.

  Answered by Luther 11 years ago

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• Yes, it should work in its place.

  Answered by RichardS 11 years ago

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• No it won't fit. Your best bet is to get an external hard drive. If you have to ask how to replace the hard drive you probably don't need to try and take your laptop apart.

  Answered by js64 11 years ago

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• No. This is a 3.5" drive designed for a Desktop. You will need a 2.5" drive for your laptop.

  Answered by Anonymous 13 years ago

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• Dear Joe P., This reply is from Seagate Support. To find out if the Western Digital drive will be compatible with your system, please contact Western Digital for assistance: http://support.wdc.com/ If you have any questions or concerns for us here at Seagate, we would be happy to help using any of the support services we provide. Here is a web address with contact information should you wish to speak with a support representative directly: http://ow.ly/4NgEf Best Regards, Seagate Support

  Answered by Anonymous 13 years ago

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