Changing a Hard Drive in a Dell XPS M1530

[akshaybhat]

i was struggling for a while until i saw this video. thanks a ton! :)

[Cocoabine]

Very helpful, cheers.

[maximeke2]

@targettman no, that drive is about 12 mm heigh, the height of the m1530 is 9.5 mm

[maximeke2]

@morty007 M3 x 3-mm screws

[gbarassi]

awesome!

[morty007]

Excellent video. Can you tell me exactly what type of philips head screwdriver I need to do this? There are many different sizes. Thank you.

[targettman]

Does it matter what brand of Hard Drive you go with? Do the screws etc all fit perfectly in the casing with a different brand?

I have m1530, and am looking at the "Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 500GB 7200rpm SATA II 2.5" Mobile Hard Drive"

Will this work?

[Dlob708]

Coll! Thanks

[magwep]

Dell should be paying you for this video. No kidding! You just saved me a call to them. This is excellent. Many thanks!

[rmderenzo]

Changing a Hard Drive in a Dell XPS M1530

If I want to put this hard drive into an external case so that I can back up data to another pc, what kind of case do I need to buy? What kind of drive is this? SATA, or IDE or whatever???? I'm a novice and dont know the difference.....HELP!

Thank you.....rmderenzo@aol.com

[xjpsxjps]

Thx. Helpful.

[patrick0uch]

how many inches is this hard drive?

[adriebm]

@patrick0uch 2.5

but it must be 9.5mm height

the largest i found was  Western Digital WD7500BPVT

Scorpio Blue 5400rpm

9.5mm

the 1TB is 12mm don't use it.

[musicsoul24]

this was extremely useful!! thank you very much!!

[KronicSmok]

hahaha

talk about step by step

i wanted to see the 2 screws on the hardrive

Good Job! thanks

i just bought a WD 500 gig

gona do mine soon

[Pure2Veteran]

thanks upgraded to a 320GB