Do Vaio laptops use standard hard drives?

[spaceboy909]

I know some OEM's years ago used to put proprietary gear in their systems, so that you had to buy their expensive upgrades.

Does anybody still do that?

I just managed to get a free Sony Vaio, VGN-N21E/W, with a missing hard drive. It powers up fine, just needs the drive, but I didn't want to buy one without making sure first.

 

[Towermax]

I have an older Vaio laptop--a PCG-GRX570, and it uses standard drives (PATA on this old one). I've upgraded the drive with no problem.

 

[corkyg]

Yes. SATA on newer, PATA on older. WHat may vary is the drive caddy.

 

[ericloewe]

Regular drives. As far as I know, everyone uses regular HDDs, though SSDs may vary.

 

[spaceboy909]

Ok, thanks guys.

 

[Charlie98]

I don't know about the Vaio (I haven't torn apart my mom's... YET!) but my Dell 6000 lappy, with a standard PATA drive... not only has a proprietary drive tray (or caddy as Corky says...) but also an interface adapter plug.

 

[Gunbuster]

The RAID SSD's are custom to the really expensive Sony's. Otherwise you should be fine.

Though it is possible they used a 7mm height drive instead of a 9.5mm