DELL INSPIRON 1545 Hard Disk Replacement

Question

Hello Team

I have Dell Inspiron 1545 Laptop but it can't start due to Hard Disk Crash.

Now i am Looking for SATA HDD Replacement .Please find details of Original hard disk:-

Model No :- WD3200BEVT-75ZCT2

Capacity : 320 GB , 5VDC , 0.55A

Western Digital Scorpio Blue

Type :- SATA

I am Looking for 750 GB,1 TB OR 2 TB as replacement.

This is the below Models , i have identified:-

1. WD Blue 2.5inch 5400rpm 750GB 8MB SATA WD7500BPVT

2.Hitachi HGST Travelstar package version 2.5inch 1.0TB 8MB 5,400 rpm 0S03509 9.5mm thickness

3.Hitachi HGST Travelstar package version 2.5inch 5400rpm 750GB 8MB SATA 3.0Gbps 0S03085

4.WesternDigital WD7500BPVT-R ScorpioBlue 2.5inch 5400rpm 750GB 8MB SATA/3.0Gbs

5.HGST Travelstar 2.5inch 1TB 7200rpm 32MB SATA 6.0Gb/s 0S03565

6.Hitachi HGST Travelstar package version 2.5inch 1.0TB 8MB 5,400 rpm 0S03509 9.5mm thickness

7.Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5inch SATA 6Gb/s NCQ 1TB 64MB 5400rpm SSD ( 8GB MLC ) + HDDハイブリッド ( 9.5mm ) ST1000LM014

Can you suggests which one i should purchase ?

ejn63 · Accepted Answer

I'd go with one of the Seagate hybrids (SSHDs).

ejn63 · Answer

You can't get a 2T drive in notebook size, so that's out.  All of those drives will work fine;  when it comes to notebook drives, there are only three manufacturers - WD (which owns Hitachi Global), Seagate (which owns Samsung) and Toshiba.

Prateek K · Answer

Hi as2013

I would like to inform you that the maximum amount of hard drive this system support is up to 640GB, you can click on the link mentioned below to view the various types of hard drive with price which are available on the Dell website.

http://dell.to/15fpid1

Hope that helps you.

Thanks & Regards
Prateek K
#iworkfordell

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as2013 · Answer

@enj63 ...Thanks a lot for reply...

Can you suggest 1 TB hard disk , which is compatible with this Model ?

@DELL-Prateek-K

This is what is available on Dell Website.....but i am open to purchase from anywhere.

Please have a look at this link......i think 1 TB is compatible with this Model......but i don't know the details.

en.community.dell.com/.../20392835.aspx

Anyway, Thanks a lot for your quick response.

as2013 · Answer

Does this mean that i need not to worry about Dell Inspiron Compatibility with HDD's ( except 2.5 Inch Size ) ?

What if I order any of the above Listed Hard Disk & it didn't work well with my Laptop ?

Thanks for suggestions.

ejn63 · Answer

Any standard 2.5' SATA notebook drive that's 9.5 mm or thinner will work just fine.

Diamondback.Six · Answer

The 640GB thing MAY be a BIOS limitation, though... much like how the old 9000-series Inspirons, right up to the last IDE notebooks Dell made, were limited to 137GB, and the workaround for fitting 250GB aftermarket drives was to partition them as two 125GB's.

The fix is to partition the drive before you install it, set it up as basically two 500GB sections with the first one having your OS and being set up as "bootable". Any number of free partition utilities can do that for you, but you'll need a USB drive enclosure and another machine to work on the drive.

MicroTest · Answer

Does anyone really know the max HDD size for an inspiron 1545 ? http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/19482041/20256456.aspx#20256456

ejn63 · Answer

There is no 640G limit.  That's probably the largest drive Dell ever shipped with the unit, but a 1T drive will work just fine.

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