Sony Laptop HD??

[Chris W]

i have a sony fx209k laptop, and the hard disk has seen better days... crashing all over the place. Problem is i don't think this warrants replacing the whole laptop, and besides i can't afford it!

I have had a look at prices for new HDs, the 30gig one that i have at the moment is being quoted as costing $130!! my question is, does anyone know a place that i can find a cheaper one? and do i have to buy a genuine sony part or will any one do? if so any recommendations?

any help is appreciated!

Chris

[dilli-theclaw]

Ebuyer sell notebook hard drives... You'd have to check on compatibility tho. for example an internal 80gb notebook drive for 61.29 + p&p

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=30963

It should be noted that some people have had problems with ebuyer - I'm not one of them however. I've never had cause for complaint. But it's worth thinking about.

[paulyoung666]

$ or £ ???????????? , just been doing some digging and as far as i can see it is going to be an expensive job , have you thought about going to your local computer fair and having a look ????????????????

[Chris W]

Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

Ebuyer sell notebook hard drives... You'd have to check on compatibility tho. for example an internal 80gb notebook drive for 61.29 + p&p

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=30963

It should be noted that some people have had problems with ebuyer - I'm not one of them however. I've never had cause for complaint. But it's worth thinking about.

thanks... but... i'm one of the ones who has problems with ebuyer! got to the stage where trading standards had to get involved... so never going to deal with them again

I might have a look for a similar thing on insight.com though

[Chris W]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

$ or £ ???????????? , just been doing some digging and as far as i can see it is going to be an expensive job , have you thought about going to your local computer fair and having a look ????????????????

oops... i meant £!!! thats what happens why i try touch typing!! :pp

i don't know of any computer fairs around here... so if anyone knows of any being held in the swansea area, please let me know!!

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by monkeybreath

oops... i meant £!!! thats what happens why i try touch typing!! :pp

i don't know of any computer fairs around here... so if anyone knows of any being held in the swansea area, please let me know!!

here you go

[MadGamer]

Ebay??? http://www.ebay.co.uk or http://www.ebay.com

[Chris W]

ebay my normal source of all things cheap has let me down this time couldn't find any hds that would suit.

thanks for the computer fair link though

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by monkeybreath

ebay my normal source of all things cheap has let me down this time couldn't find any hds that would suit.

thanks for the computer fair link though

no problem

[Charlie_Bubble]

What about www.scan.co.uk. Haven't used them myself, but a mate of mine swears by them. They do a 'today only' thing which sometimes takes another couple of quid off the price of things.