Given: A Lenovo IdeaPad N580 laptop with a faulty hard drive and a Toshiba MK8009GAH 80-GB 4200-RPM drive

To find:Whether the faulty drive can be replaced with the Toshiba drive or not.

Solution:

A Lenovo IdeaPad N580 has 2.5-inch SATA hard drive, whereas a Toshiba MK8009GAH has a form factor of 1.8 inches and has a UDMA interface.

Hence, option (d) is correct as neither the form factor nor the interface matches.

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