Hi ok first there are no drivers for hard drive’s there are only the Sata controller driver’s. Since the laptop has only Sata 1.5Gb/s a Sata 6 Gb/s drive will not work. Windows 7 would have been a better choice for the laptop as it would have better Sata Controller driver’s.If it has the original hard drive it is a 250 gig 5400 rpm going to a 7200 rpm Sata 3 Gb/s drive would help. I would first run a test on the drive to see if there are any problems with it you can use Wd data lifeguard tools found here. http://support.wd.com/product/download.asp?groupid=702&lang=en so run the test and post the results back here and we will go from there. You could also use a program called Hard Disk Sentinel there trial version will tell you in a few minutes if there are any problems. 10 meg is not a normal speed.
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