hard drive ?'s

Is there any way to tell what type or brand of hard drive a laptop has in it with out opening it. I got a damn near new VAIO with a 30 gig HD in it.....but the part where you connect the adapter is broken....and I haven't used it since the battery went dead back in '03. I'm wondering if I should snatch the HD out and see if I can use it in the 1000, or just pay the 150 and get the laptop fixed....and purchase a HD for the MP???????? It's a SONY VIAO NV-170...if any one knows anything about this....or has suggestions....HOLLA at me.......!

CHARLIEPLATNUM wrote:Is there any way to tell what type or brand of hard drive a laptop has in it with out opening it.

have you tried checking 'device manager'?

me personnally iwould go ahead and fix the adapter and hit up ebay for a hard drive for the mpc for specifics on the hard drive type there is already a thread regarding that issue

J-Villa wrote:

CHARLIEPLATNUM wrote:Is there any way to tell what type or brand of hard drive a laptop has in it with out opening it.

have you tried checking 'device manager'?

can't power it up.....the adapter housing is broke

1st up wrote:me personnally iwould go ahead and fix the adapter and hit up ebay for a hard drive for the mpc for specifics on the hard drive type there is already a thread regarding that issue

it's not the adapter itself, but where you plug the adapter in.....I guess your right though....it doesn't cost that much to get it fixed.....thanx for the feed back

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