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  1. Paging someone knowledgeable about laptop hardware. My hard drive's showing incredibly long seek times and I think it might need replacing. I have an HP Pavilion dv7 (that I'll probably replace altogether in the long run, but while I'm tight on funds, just a hard drive will do). Would something like this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA65W22F1455 be what I want?

    Thursday, 23-Oct-14 20:37:38 UTC from web
    1. @redenchilada Also, how would I go about cloning the contents of the old hard drive to a new one? Ideally I'd like to avoid doing a ton of reinstalling things, though I can deal with it if I have to.

      Thursday, 23-Oct-14 20:38:48 UTC from web
      1. @redenchilada How big is the old ( current ) one ?

        Thursday, 23-Oct-14 20:41:35 UTC from web
      2. @redenchilada I went for a quick stroll on that website and found http://pny.lv/5dyn ... Now it is not OEM, and it might be too expensive, and does not scale to lower RPM speeds ( resulting in faster battery depletion when idling ). But it tells me it is 5 times faster than traditional 5400RPM HDD's ( like the one you have now ) ( probably only the SSD part of the esemble ) which means that windows will be up and ready a hell of a lot faster

        Thursday, 23-Oct-14 20:49:10 UTC from web
        1. @critialcloudkicker Boot times aren't a big issue for me on this current laptop, since I'm usually letting it boot as I wake up and having it ready when I get back to it. My current concerns are price and reliability, since if I have to spend too much it'd be better to just get a new laptop and have better hardware elsewhere.

          Thursday, 23-Oct-14 20:53:33 UTC from web
    2. @redenchilada Mayhaps yes. You need to ask yourself beforehand whether you need a 5400RPM one, A green one, and/or whether you want a hybrid SSD. And it mostly depends on what you do with your laptop, and whether you think your battery life is the most important thing or not ( and if you spend most your days on your laptop near a power socket, that point becomes sort of moot )

      Thursday, 23-Oct-14 20:40:41 UTC from web
      1. @critialcloudkicker Battery life isn't that important and I'd like to have something that runs fine without being expensive. An SSD wouldn't provide enough benefit for me on this laptop to justify. My current hard drive is 640GB.

        Thursday, 23-Oct-14 20:48:52 UTC from web