How to choose a hard drive for a laptop

Hard disk or hard drive is an important component of a laptop! It performs not only the function of the keeper of the information, but also is the main component of the operating system. There are two types of modern hard drives: an internal disk is located in the laptop itself, an external disk - connects to a laptop using adapters. The choice of hard drives must be taken seriously, given its characteristics and target destination.

To begin with, decide which you need a hard drive - internal or external, what basic functions it will perform: storage of information, the operation of the operating system, or it should be a variant of the combined use of the hard disk.

Also, when choosing a hard disk, consider the volume of disk space - modern hard drives can be a volume of 500 MB to 3 TB. But do not think that the more, the better, I perfectly acquire 2-3 hard drives 750 MB - 1 TB, they will provide better storage of information, and in the event of a breakdown, only its part will be lost. Yes, and generally discs with large amounts of memory are less reliable.

Work speed: Low speed hard drives are less noisy and economically spend energy, but they are more suitable for storing information. For working with programs, high-speed models of hard drives are more suitable, they differ high reliability, but at the same time heavily heated, noisy and consume a lot of energy (if your laptop works from the battery, and not from the network, it is discharged at times faster than the laid). There are universal discs in which speed and capacity are combined, they are usually installed on a laptop in the case when there is no possibility to install two disks.

Interface. That is, you need to consider the cable with which connector you can connect your hard drive to a laptop. Earlier was used by the IDE connector, now it is rare. In modern laptops, SAS or SAS \\ \u200b\u200bSATA are mainly used. Be careful, because the possibility of connecting hard drive depends on the correctness of the connector.

Manufacturer. The quality of any product is generally accepted to communicate with the manufacturer and production site. This also applies to hard drives, their production leader are company such as Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital. There are many manufacturers with a less well-known name. But in general, the situation is such that the hard drives of various manufacturers differ little by characteristics, but it is advisable to buy not somewhere on the market, but in a specialized store.

Choosing a hard drive for a laptop, consider that your laptop is a mobile device, the hard drive will be more suitable for it. Of these considerations, the disc plate should not exceed 750 MB (such a hard drive is compact and economical in electricity consumption). And one more nuance: It makes no sense to buy a speed hard drive if your laptop has slow devices! Clearly decide with the requirements for the hard disk and do not overpay for the properties unnecessary to you.