OT question on laptop hardware

[david at thekramers.net (David Kramer)]

On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> I recently took ownership of my daughter's old laptop, which is a Compaq 
> Presario 1800XL with a 15" TFT display. This laptop has a 6GB hard drive 
> which I want to replace with a larger one. The problem is that unlike my 
> other laptop, the HD is buried inside the unit. With my other drive, the 
> hard drive was easy to replace (a couple of screws and it would slide out). 
> I don't want to start taking it apart without some advice. I suspect that 
> most of the standard laptop hard drives would fit right in. `

Most laptops where the hard drive is not in a removable bay in front or 
underneath, the keyboard can be removed to reveal hard drives and memory.  
However, this page:
http://www.compaq.com/athome/support/msgs/1800XL280-390/Ch8Parts.pdf
shows the hard drive in a removable bay up front.  Are you sure you have 
the right model?

According to this page: 
http://www.valuesites.com/cmsperipheralsinc/notebook_configuration.cfm
The drive is a 12.5mm tall, which means most drives should fit (some 
laptops can only fit 9.5mm tall drives.
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