My notebook hard drive just died. Please Help.

[ryanthesav]

I have an compaq presario 2100. s/n: cnf4291jmm p/n: pf180ua#aba and it also says presario 2104US...not sure. Anyway, in it I have a 30gb hard drive that has a number MK3025GAS, which i searched for on the internet and found this:

http://www.etech4sale.com/147158/toshiba-mk3025gas-30gb-hdd2196-9.5mm.html

And this, I believe, is the same as the one I have. Now... I found other ones as well. Such as this one:

http://www.directron.com/st980815a.html

Now, I like this one because it has more hard drive space. My question is; what am I looking for when Im searching for a new notebook hard drive. Is it just the interface; such as interface ATA/100? I am a little new to notebooks so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

 

[roadrunner197069]

Get the same interface, but get the fastest biggest one you can afford.

 

[ryanthesav]

The thing that is confusing me is the connector on many of the hard drives that I see on the internet have a male pin connectors on them. My dead hard drive does not. It has a female connector.

 

[dallasjoh]

Go to this website and you will see that your drive has pins once you remove the connector bar. There is a frame around your harddrive and the connector bar that you will need to take off your old drive and put on your new one.
http://www.bixnet.com/cohpnohadrin.html

 

[ryanthesav]

Thanks, that was what I was wondering about. Thanks again.