It would be normal for the notebook to have a 2.5in IDE drive, a
direct replacement should be fairly easy to fit - once you have managed
how to get the original out!

They do not have an IDE cable/power supply leads as per desktop
hard drives - the connector is "on board" and the drive is just pushed
into place.

As previous poster stated, check the specs for correct drive, but I'd
be surprised if you could not just fit any 2.5in IDE laptop drive widely
avail. from most suppliers, and eBay!

Matt.

"sid derra" wrote in message
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"Jan Alter" wrote in message
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How about going to Sony Support and find the manual for your specific
beast
to learn its innards.
That way you can find out the specs you need for replacement.

well - i basically just wonder: what different kinds of laptop hd's are
there? i mean - desktops pretty much are divided into ide and scsi and
thats
about it - is it as easy with notebooks, or are there plenty more
parameters
i need to match?

thanks - sid