I have an old micron laptop with win98 on it. When I turn it on, it just brings up a blue microsoft scan disk screen and just stays there forever. I called a local computer shop and they told me that the hard drive probably died. Is there anyway to fix it? I don't have any idea what kind of hard drive to get for it if I need a new one. I looked on eBay and various hard drive sites and they all look way different than mine. I'm completely lost here. I don't want to dump a lot of money into an old computer by dropping it off at a computer repair shop and having them handle it. Is there any affordable way to fix the problem? Perhaps with some kind of software?
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The reason your drive doesn't look like other drives is most likely because the drive is in a caddy - the drive is mounted in the caddy and the caddy holds it in the laptop
couldn't find any specs as far as drive size capacity (how many gigs) it's possible it won't support much more than a 40 gig drive if it will support that size. The remaining issue is the thickness, it's 12.5 mm thick while most are 9.5 mm, but that probably won't matter.
I'd suggest buying a drive that is returnable just in case micron NBKU375
couldn't find any specs as far as drive size capacity (how many gigs) it's possible it won't support much more than a 40 gig drive if it will support that size. The remaining issue is the thickness, it's 12.5 mm thick while most are 9.5 mm, but that probably won't matter.
I'd suggest buying a drive that is returnable just in case micron NBKU375
Yes, I took the hard drive out of the cady before trying to look for a new one. All of the little metal connectors are sort of off set to the right a little bit unlike all the other hard drives I was looking at. It says on the hard drive 4.09GB ATA/IDE 4,000 RPM. That's all I know.
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