Replacing Laptop Harddisk

idog74 · 10th October 2007, 7:41 AM

Hi,

I have an acer 8104Wlmi notebook and I want to replace the hard disk in it... Purely as I want to re-install windows, but in case something goes wrong I can put back in the old disk and carry on working (I use this thing every day)...

Anyway, its a Seagate 100mb disk, 5,400, and i'm wondering if I would be able to put in a bigger capacity disk and also a higher spin speed disk, maybe a 7,200... Any ideas if there would be problems with the running of the notebook, from a thermal point of view? Or anything else come to that...

I also believe Acer implemented a PATA disk rather than a SATA disk for this notebook, if that makes any difference...

Thanks

10th October 2007, 7:41 AM	#1
idog74 Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 62	Replacing Laptop Harddisk Hi, I have an acer 8104Wlmi notebook and I want to replace the hard disk in it... Purely as I want to re-install windows, but in case something goes wrong I can put back in the old disk and carry on working (I use this thing every day)... Anyway, its a Seagate 100mb disk, 5,400, and i'm wondering if I would be able to put in a bigger capacity disk and also a higher spin speed disk, maybe a 7,200... Any ideas if there would be problems with the running of the notebook, from a thermal point of view? Or anything else come to that... I also believe Acer implemented a PATA disk rather than a SATA disk for this notebook, if that makes any difference... Thanks