Replacement Hard Drive

Have a HP notebook. Original drive was 7200 rpm. Failed. Was replaced with 5400 rpm by a computer service. No other hardware was changed. Will the difference cause a problem with speed or other operations of the computer?

 

Unless you're doing extreme gaming or video editing, you should notice very little (if any) difference.

Switching from a 7200 to a 5400 RPM drive (or vice versa) will not cause hardware or driver issues so long as Windows and other software were properly installed.

 

Don't forget to format it before you try to load the OS.

 

The lower RPM drive also runs a little cooler so, it should last longer than the 7200 RPM drive.

 

Thank you very much for your information. It's my husband's computer. He thinks it is running slower and is only doing word processing at this time. He is going to get a 7200 rpm drive anyway. I can't tell the difference.

 

If he is a PC speed freak and isn't storing a ton of stuff on the PC, he might want to consider a solid state drive (SSD). It will likely reduce start-up times by around 75%, even compared to a 7200 RPM drive.