Brand 500GB Drive Inspiron PP23LA Review

Fitted in my old Dell Inspiron 1520 and worked well. The laptop originally came with an 80GB hard drive and I created the factory reset discs when I first got it. However, it wouldn't let me use the CD when Windows crashed, said I need at least 473GB of space. Dell images stink! Anyway, a new 500GB drive solved the problem.

I had an old Dell 1525 Inspiron with a 160GB hard drive. The computer slowed down over the years and eventually bit the dust. I've tried restoring to the previous date and even reformatting the hard drive. It was toast. So back to Amazon. I bought this 500GB hard drive and it arrived in a few days. I watched a youtube video on installation and it was dead easy. I've never done anything like this on a computer and it was easy. Four screws. Throw away the old one. Insert a new one. Then reinstall

I bought this product for my old Inspiron 1525 that broke a few years ago. Very easy to replace and the computer works again. The only problem I had was connecting to the internet after everything was set up, but that was an easy fix, just loading the network adapter. An excellent buy for sure.

New Hitachi 500GB 7200rpm working and fits my laptop 1525. Replaced my dead factory Dell Western Digital 250GB 5400rpm. 2 days delivery and excellent packaging. Installing the HD is very easy, but booting Dell Media and Windows Vista 2008 takes a long time. There was a problem connecting the laptop to Wi-Fi (driver not loaded) - from Device Manager, Network and Ethernet Controllers. Locate the Dell drivers on another PC and manually download them to the laptop. Vista WiFi Driver (Network…

The description said it was a direct replacement for my Dell Inspiron 1525 BUT it is a thinner drive. Original 9mm, new 7mm. Make sure you know how thick your original disc is, then check the specs. Thinner drives will not fit in the slots and will not function. I keep this with an external case as an external backup drive.