Any hints for HDD swap in a Portable

[Liquidlen]

I am going to put a new 40 Gig Hdd into my Daughter's Dell Inspiron 8000 (10 Gig) I have built a number of ATX's but never a portable.I checked Dell's site they have directions that look pretty basic, but I thought maybe one of you guys might have some hints or issues I should be aware of. Any thoughts?

 

[StormBringer]

its pretty simple, you pretty much just remove a screw, pop out the drive and pop the new one in. One thing you do need to know(you may already) You'll have to replace that drive with a Notebook HDD.

 

[Liquidlen]

Thanks Storm ;
I did by a Hitachi 2.5 for Portables.(Although I have done worse)
I would have hung my head in shame if I made that mistake!

 

[LNCPapa]

It's extremely simple - really not much to worry about. I have a laptop whose drives I switch out regularly - one drive has Redhat on it - the other is Windows. Takes all of 30 seconds to switch and get going. How quickly you can switch will depend on your laptop model/design, but it should plug right in with only 1 possible way to connect.