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eldude5   10-19-2007 at 01:55:31 AM

I am replacing a hard drive for my Dell Latitude CPi D300XT notebook and am wondering if I need to purchase the HD from Dell. On their website it says "NOTE: The computer is designed to work with Dell-tested hard-disk drives only. Use only hard-disk drives purchased from Dell. Do not use hard-disk drives purchased from vendors other than Dell." I know that Dell doesn't make their own HDs, but that isn't the question. I want to know if I can buy a hard drive from somewhere else besides Dell, or do I need to purchase it from Dell in order for it to work?

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gigman   10-19-2007 at 10:02:08 PM
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Yes you can they just wan't to extort money from you. You will also probably lose any warrenty if you have one. Also Seagate drives get good reviews.

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eldude5   10-20-2007 at 05:57:04 AM
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Yea, that's what I figured. Just wanted to double check though, thanks for confirming this for me.

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