Remove Dell Laptop Hard Drive

Helped my Dell laptop.

The hard drive in my Dell 620 (Seagate ST31000524AS) was failing ... causing slow operation and repeatedly throwing reports of disk errors, bad sectors, etc. despite my attempts at repair using a variety of programs. After finally getting a successful disk image from the original drive using Macrium Reflect, I swapped the drives and loaded the disk image onto this replacement. On restart my PC booted right up from this drive and it's been running like new since.

I installed this HDD in a Dell Precision M6400 laptop as the secondary drive and it worked perfectly.

I installed this SSD in a Dell Precision M6400 laptop as the primary drive and it worked perfectly.

I ordered this to replace a traditional hard drive in a Dell Precision workstation. I was surprised to find out that SanDisk did not provide an application to clone your hard drive. While there are several options available via the internet, I did expect this to be included. That said, once I downloaded EaseUS TODO Backup utility I was able to clone my existing drive (Windows 10) and make the SSD my primary boot device.

I installed it as a secondary/backup hard drive on a Dell XPS 8700 that I recently purchased. After installation I used the WD Data Lifeguard Diagnosis software to test the hard drive, then I cloned the OS hard drive to the WD using the free WD Acronis software available on WD's site.

My first serious computer was a Dell PC with an 80gig hard drive. I discovered that a loaded hard drive equals a computer that grinds to a halt. I purchaced this 1TB drive to accompany my Sony Vaio, with an almost 500GB drive, to keep from overworking my computer. With lots of raw image files from a Nikon D-300, it's easy to see the Vaio getting overloaded sometime in the future. The Western Digital Elements SE portable drive will be the primary storage destination for me, keeping the Vaio unencumbered to maintain it's operating speed and perhaps minimize the possibility of other recovery problems.

Our Dell Latitude 15 5000 had the standard hard drive that came in it and it was extremely slow. We installed this drive and it immediately made the laptop fast and usable. Chatted with Sandisk Support about the software needed to clone the old drive. It worked great and booted up the first time faster than it ever has. iTunes now opens in a couple of seconds where it had been taking more than 30 seconds and would sometimes fail.

What can I say, if you have a hard drive, you'll need a cable. Before you order one, open up your computer and look at it carefully. If the hard drive is against the wall, you will need an angled cable to save space. A right-angle cable (most common) points down, because most hard drives are installed ABOVE the data socket. If you have a Dell (model E521) like me, the hard drive is below. You'd think you'd need a left-angle cable, but Dell drives are also stored upside down (sticker side down). Um, so two wrongs make a right (no pun intended). Also be mindful of the cable length. 18 inches was barely long enough for my tower.

Needed an external hard drive for my larger Dell Inspiron 15 computer. just like my smaller Dell travel computer. I needed some extra space.