HP laptop hard drive needs replacing

[learninmypc]

I think I've mentioned it in here before. Its an older HP compaq Presario Model # 17XL4
Original OS was Win ME. When I first got it 5 or 6 years ago, it had a bogus XP Pro OS on it & I put a genuine copy on it & it was working fine till the harddrive died one day.
I know the harddrive is a goner because I've tried putting XP Pro on it a couple times since & its a no go.
I'd like to find a new/rebuilt harddrive for it so I can get it back up & running. It'll be used for email & reading only. Any ideas?
I don't have a ton of $$$ so......TIA

 

[Cobalt006]

http://www.geeks.com. Has IDE hard drive for laptops for 25.00

 

[Rabbit01]

SATA or IDE hard drive? If it's the latter, I wouldn't bother. Those are harder to find and cost more than same capacity SATA drive. At least that's how it was when I looked for one for my Toshiba Satellite 335 couple years ago. It's like RAM for old computer, cost more and hard to find.

 

[Rabbit01]

http://www.geeks.com. Has IDE hard drive for laptops for 25.00

Not as expensive as I thought.

 

[learninmypc]

I can't get a good enough picture of it, so I'll show these.

Looking at it, I can't see anything showing sata or ide

 

[Rabbit01]

Sorry, can't tell anything from the pictures. Looks like it's 15 GB.

Have you removed the drive from the laptop? Should be able to tell what connection it uses.

 

[mailpup]

Look at the type of data and power connections it has on the end of the drive.

 

[learninmypc]

Sorry, can't tell anything from the pictures. Looks like it's 15 GB.

Have you removed the drive from the laptop? Should be able to tell what connection it uses.

Those pictures are showing it out of the laptop laying on a table.
It does say
"Replace with Compaq Spare 221126-001
then a barcode below that & then P/N; 3141BS1005A"
On the next sticker it says
Hitachi Harddisk drive K23BA-15.
It is a 15gb hhd.
mailpup, here is a picture of the connection

I know, not the best.It has 43 pins.

 

[DelJo63]

That's IDE

 

[learninmypc]

So I'm sol? Or not?

 

[Rabbit01]

So, you just need to google and see what fits your price range. You have the drive out, so you know it's dimension. You know it's an IDE drive. Not sure about the capacity, your laptop might be able to accept a larger capacity drive.

 

[learninmypc]

Ok & thanks. And thanks to the others for their input.(y)