Jim Showalter wrote:
> My Compaq Presario has a 40GB hard drive, which has become too small. I 
> contacted Compaq(HP) support and they tell me that HP sells a 60GB 
> ATA-100 EIDE 4200RPM 2.5" form factor drive for $559.

2.5" is a laptop drive... desktop drives are 3.5" wide.

Are you talking laptop or desktop?

Either way - $559 for 60GB is insane.

> Can any drive which meets the above criteria probably replace my drive, 
> which I can probably find for one heck of a lot less?

I think "heck" is far too weak a word to apply to a $559 price compared 
to what you should pay... :)

About $60 for 80GB in 3.5" is quite reasonable... you didn't say how 
much you want to add, but you don't need to retire the old drive if 
you're just adding space, though.  Chances are with a 40GB you're 
talking ATA and have to worry about Master/Slave settings... set the 
CD-ROM or DVD in the system to slave and put the new drive on the same 
cable (if the existing hard drive and optical drive are on different 
cables, that is), and it should boot up, and add that much space to the 
new one.

With a laptop, you don't have a choice in most - there's only one spot 
to put a new hard drive, and you'll have to replace the old one, not add 
to it.  With an adapter, you can copy the old partition to a new drive 
using a desktop system, or I'd be happy to discuss doing this for you if 
you give me a shout.

Hope this helps!

-Derek

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