Acer Aspire 1312xc HDD took an upercut

dohouch

Won't go into the details. As far as I can tell my HDD is dead. When I power up I get Splash with option to ESC for boot sequence or F2 to configure for a second, then nothing . If I opt for ESC then default boot is CD, if I set this to C: and enter then nothing, escept HD light lights and stays on no flicker and no chnage.
I have the following questions:
1. Has anbody done a HD swap on an Acer, i.e. do I need something from the old disc. I have the 3 recovery CD's that came withthe laptop.
2. Are all laptop HD's of same dimension suitable as replacement. I see nowafflecomputers.ie have them for around €60. My HD is Toshiba MK2018GAP.
Realise I will probably have to go.to Acer for definite answer to Q 1. But maybe somebody has replaced laptop HD with generic type.
tnx
dOH

TerrorFirmer

You'll need the caddy that came with the original drive, other then that, any old 2.5" will do.

dohouch

Thast good news on using generic HDD. Have emailed Acer about whether I have enough in the 3 origonal recovery discs to get machine up and running again. Wait and see what they say. Thanks for reply

Just counted the pins on my Toshiba (origonal Acer) hard drive. There are 47 pins.
I don't see any laptlop hard drive on the nowaffle site with 47 pins