Sony Vaio pcg-k45 HDD.

Yeah I know I post a lot, sorry. I'm just new to a lot of things when it comes to building, repairing computers and getting the right parts, and with that when is it ever not a good thing to ask a lot of questions, you can never be to sure about things, Thanks to you guys my first build was nearly flawless and all is going well.

On to the subject at hand, My gf has a laptop that she has been nagging me to fix for the longest time but ive been putting all my builds and repairs first. Anyway, The Hard drive went out in this laptop and a guy linked me to a compatible 80GB HD
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3212548&CatId=2675 It's 50 some dollars and i thought that's just a bit much for an old P4 laptop, Ive looked on ebay but the prices are just as bad, but really i don't know exactly what to look for; as to some of you guys on here may be able to find me a better deal. Thanks!

 

So before this post get's lost, anyone have any ideas?

 

Little tip from years of experience "always fix the missus PC first" because:
- They "have to use your PC",
- It stops the nagging,
- You look good in their eyes once it is done.

Here is the product page:

http://esupport.sony.com/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=PCGK45

Here is a link for Sony Stores:

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs...langId=-1&identifier=S_SonyStyleStore_Dealers

But the look damn expensive.

I assume they are pretty standardised products, i.e. 2.5" Laptop HDD?, so Newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...5&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICE

Tigerdirect looks better still:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?Recs=10&Nav=|c:1277|&Sort=4 $35 for an 80GB SATA

Or must it be EIDE????

I would also be checking the for sale forums for someone who has an old one that they are selling as you may get a "damaged laptop" (e.g. screen gone) for less and have lot's of other spare parts?

 

lol. Thanks, The newegg link you posted, those seem to be sata's, I think the laptop takes Pata's.

http://www.docs.sony.com/release/specs/PCGK45_mksp.pdf

 

I think you are correct and the only HDD I can find in that area are ATA or ATA-6, but I have no idea about the differences:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152110 160GB for $59.99

ATA-6:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150380 1035907889&name=ATA-6

I have an old laptop here but I'm in Australia (just sitting there at the bottom of the PC parts mystery box).

 

I have a couple of those mystery boxes my self lol, Just no laptop HD's. :-D

 

I found this one but i don't know if it's compatible with the pcg-k45 laptop.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000093S8Z/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&qid=1263348538&sr=1-31&condition=used

 

I also found this one but how do i find out if either one of them will physically fit inside the laptop?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3212548&CatId=2675

 

I'm just gonna get the one from tiger direct, and order the drivers from Sony, Unless anyone knows where i can get the drivers for free or cheaper than 20 dollars.

 

How about you pull the old one out and grab the old product number.

All the manuals are here:

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-documents.pl?mdl=PCGK45
Changing HDD and or replacement is there so specs should be easy.

 

Ah, thanks, I got the one from tiger direct the owner of pc4ecperts (Yahoo and multiply Group's) Linked me to and said it was compatible.