Are Toshiba drives made for HP compatible with Toshiba drives made for Lenovo if the part number is the same?
I have a HP Elitebook 2730p with a failing hard drive with an HP part number of 516486-001 and a general model number of MK2529GSG. I'd like to replace it with an exact match, however, these old drives are bit hard to come by or are jacked up to $300+. When searching around for this drive I do see some that match the model number of MK2529GSG, however, the label is a bit different and has Lenovo on it.
Should these two be interchangeable or is there some sort of proprietary bios/firmware concern I need to worry about?
I see a few of the Lenovo branded drives for about $100, much more reasonable.
Inexpensive and reliable vendor suggestions also welcome for this particular drive.
Should these two be interchangeable or is there some sort of proprietary bios/firmware concern I need to worry about?
I see a few of the Lenovo branded drives for about $100, much more reasonable.
Inexpensive and reliable vendor suggestions also welcome for this particular drive.
HP's website saus the hard drive is "80/120 GB 5400 rpm 1.8-inch SATA hard drive". This is a small and somewhat rare, part but no, you don't need to get an exact model replacement or anything particularly branded. Any 1.8 inch SATA will do the trick.
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Sorry, I didn't notice you said exact match and my link to newegg was a 250GB model. Not sure where you can get the original capacity any more.
i have not seen any "some sort of proprietary bios/firmware" for drives in commercial laptops
so you won't need to worry - as said, any 1.8" drive will do
what is the reason for wanting an EXACT match ?
so you won't need to worry - as said, any 1.8" drive will do
what is the reason for wanting an EXACT match ?
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The drive that came with the machine is actually a 250 GB drive.
that does not answer my question