Help with laptop PATA drives

So this laptop is knackered it makes this weird loud spinnig noise and its the harddrive. I took it out and its a

hdd2183 toshiba which turns out to be a :

http://www.superwarehouse.com/Toshiba_MK60...D2183/ps/229315


Toshiba MK6021GAS 60GB Laptop Hard Drive

with these dimensions.

0.37" x 2.75" x 3.94" (no clue..)

I want to buy a new one but I can only find loads of SATA and 2 PATA's from the online store here.

samsung HDD 120GB 8MB [5400rpm, HM121HC] and when I google HM121HC I get this:


which list this crap:

Samsung Spinpoint M5 HM121HC 120 GB Notebook Hard Drive


General Features:
120 GB formatted capacity
UDMA/100
5400 RPM spindle speed
8 MB buffer
12 ms average seek time
5.6 ms average latency
ATA Security Mode Feature Set
ATA S.M.A.R.T. Feature Set
TuMR/PMR head with FOD technology
SilentSeek
Supports Automatic Acoustic Management(AAM)
NoiseGuard
Load/Unload Head Technology
2.5-inch form factor
9.5 mm drive height


Power Specifications:
DC +5A, 0.85A


Regulatory Approvals:
cULus
CE
VVCI
BSMI
C-Tick
TUV
MIC

Package Includes:
Samsung 120 GB Notebook Hard Drive only

Additional Information:


Notes:
Model: HM121HC


Product Requirements:
IDE controller
9.5 mm drive bay or
2.5-inch to 3.5-inch IDE conversion kit
Available 3.5-inch drive bay
Available power connector
IDE cable

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Any ideas as to whether I can buy this and put it in the laptop, cause the dimensions make no sense and I have no idea about the inches of laptops. My guess would be they are 2.5 inch as the Samsung states 2,5 inch form factor, but.... what about the Toshiba? Are there any other sizes too?

This post has been edited by cranial: Sep 18 2008, 06:38 PM

The Toshiba MK6021GAS 60GB Laptop Hard Drive is a 2.5 inch Hard drive.. The samsung will PHYSICALLY fit but you would have to check if the laptop will support a 120gb Harddrive.

Mixing " and mm to make everything crystal clear . 0.37" is about 9 mm so the dimensions are good. AFAIK there are only 3 formfactors for drives: 2.5" (taplop) 3.5" (regular hds) and 5.25" (cdrom etc)

You should be able to put any pata 2.5" drive in your laptop without hassle. If you run win2K or lower you will have problems using more than 130(?) gig though. (unless win2K has bigdriveenabler standard now)

Thanks just ordered it. Thanks for clearing that up! That 2.5" looks so tiny in real life! And yeah the laptop is only 4 years old so it will probably support that, why wouldn't it? Samsung SENS p29

then you only need to partition it