Inspiron 5000e Hard Drive

Dear Dmzauk,

There are many hard drives that will work in your 5000e, I am sending this to you from that model right now and has a 5400rpm 30gig HD in it.

I have been told Hitatchi makes a good one, but IBM travel star and several others, it is a matter of how big (size) and how much (cost).

Here are a couple links for you.
http://www.newegg.com/app/searchProductResult.asp?Submit=Go&Range=1&DEPA=1&bop=and&description=notebook+hard+drives&InnerCata=380

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php?page_id=11&topcat_search=1&form_keyword=hard+drives

Remember, it's physical size (shape) can be determined by looking it up on Dell then purchase one you like from one of the previous links or anywhere you can find that sells them.

I prefer ordering from NewEgg, as they are good to work with, and generally purchases from reputable online sales companies is cheaper.

Hope this helps.

www.zipzoomfly.com  also. The drive I have in this laptop below is a nice one if you can afford it.

Inspiron 3500 C600GT
Windows XP Pro
600mhz Celeron CPU
512mb PC100 SDRAM
40gb Hitachi 7200rpm # HTS726040M9AT00
Built Up Lite-On LSC20482k CDRW/ DVDROM
Margi Card DVD Decoder
Floppy and Cable

Again a good point about the Hitachi, but I doubt in a good laptop, with a decent processor and some ram, 128 meg or so that you will see enough difference from the 5000 rpm HD to the 7000 rpm HD, for the difference in cost that is.

I have a 5000e with a 850 CPU, and a little over 300 megs of ram, and I could not tell enough difference. (used a friends HD for grins, just to see).

Good luck

JLH