Replacing hard drive in my notebook

[exingo]

I have a relatively new Gateway notebook that I want to buy a larger hard drive for. It is currently 30GB, but I want to get one that will go as large as I can get, 80 GB or so. What issues if any do I need to be concerned with?

Can I buy any notebook hard drive and swap them?

Thanks!

 

[Crashman]

There are several different thicknesses for notebook drives.

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[exingo]

So if I find a hard drive with the same thickness, would it be safe to assume that it should work in my notebook?

 

[Crashman]

Yes, as long as the BIOS of your drive supports that size.

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