Replacing harddisk for Satellite 2450-101

hi, my laptop harddisk has broken down and I need a replacement harddisk for my aging *Satellite 2450-101* urgently, but I can not find from my mannual and other source the model my laptop support.
I thought it is a *standard internal 2.5" IDE* (and thinking to buy a _Western Digital 250GB 2.5" Hard Drive IDE 5400rpm 8MB Cache - OEM,_ model: _WD Scorpio WD2500BEVE - 250 GB - ATA-100_ ), but I am not certain.
Would anyone know? Please help. Many thanks!

Thank you guys!! Appriciate your helps. Afterall I tried the traditional way today, try it out!
I order from ebuyer the above mentioned harddisk last night, and replaced my broken harddisk with the new one this morning, then run the two recovery disk that came with my laptop, things has gone well. Except that I had no option of partioning the harddisk at the beginning of the process. After a little fiddling with the Computer Manager, my new harddisk is now in a duo partition: ~30GB and ~200GB, which is Okay with me; 30GB is enough for system files, while the other 200GB will keep my data separate. I was suprised that the whole 250GB works fine, at first I was only expecting a reduced disk space leaving the rest wasted, I am happy it all went well.
Also I upgraded my RAM to 1GB from 512MB, which make a significant positive difference in term of system response and speed. I would recommend anyone with an aging Satellite and little RAM to increase its memory, since now aday OS and programs take up alot of memory, this simple upgrade could possibly leave your Satellite runing well for another few years.
Well, now I am back on track!! Thanks guys.

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The original DVD-rom drive - a Teac DW-224E - went 'off the radar' a couple of times about a year ago and would only re-appear in My Computer after a re-boot but it would then quickly disappear again.
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With Thanks again..
JB

Can you boot from bootable CD's?
If yes, then try removing the upperfilters and lowerfilters:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=314060
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I am a new user and would like to know if any one has any suggestions of how I can fix my computer problem?
I have a Toshiba Satellite 2450-101 laptop which i recently brought a new battery and adapter for due to the machine not being used for several months,everything was fine for a few hours!...the screen went 'blue' and I restarted programe,however I then proceeded to get an error message (forgive me as I don't remember exactly what it said!)that said something about Realteck? and Ethernet cable error and then prompted me to insert system disk?
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I

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> {quote:title=frakri wrote:}{quote}
> Typ : AMD processor med dubbla krnor E-350 APU med AMD Radeon HD 6310-grafik
> minne : upp till 2 998 MB delat minne med installerat systemminne p 6 GB samt upp till 3 443 MB med systemminne p 8 GB (med frinstallerat 64-bitars operativsystem)
> minnestyp : delad
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I would also not recommend removing and opening the notebook by yourself if you have no enough experience. You could damage some parts instead of repairing ;)
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I want to replace the toshiba hardisk with a different one. Can I use the product recovery cd to install windows vista? What special install procedures apply for those upgrading their hard drive?

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Not noise hear NOW but i hear anything in the right (KL?).
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Message was edited by: JavierHernandez
Message was edited by: JavierHernandez

Hi there,
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http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/
http://www.omegadrivers.net/
and the latest codec pack from here:
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after installing all these stuff give a little feedback if the problem persists..
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Hmm, the problem is that Toshiba does not provide any official information about the max compatible HDD sizes. I didnt find anything on the Toshiba page.
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