I just replaced the hard drive in an old HP Pavilion laptop. The most important thing is to make sure the technology is the same (SATA vs PATA). Also, some drives use adapters to change the male pins to female sockets. Any mounting hardware from the old drive should transfer to the new drive.
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP-----Original Message----- Is the hard drive in a Compaq Presario F700 anything special or proprietary? Or can any 2.5" drive (SATA) fit in there?
