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| Thread ID: 96851 | 2009-01-26 06:29:00 | Help/Details on New Internal Hard Drive =) | SpartanEngineerAstronaut (9872) | Press F1 |
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| 742113 | 2009-01-26 06:29:00 | So, i currently have a Hp Compaq 6715b laptop with a 80 GB HD in it. :badpc: I am hoping to purchase a new 250 GB internal HD as well as swap the drives myself... 1). Does the brand of HD matter? if so must i buy from Hp and what kind? 2). Once new HD is allocated, can a noob like me put it in? 3). What to do with old Drive? Thanks in advance!! :clap |
SpartanEngineerAstronaut (9872) | ||
| 742114 | 2009-01-26 06:37:00 | Your laptop uses a SATA connection Hard drive, so brands won't really matter, you just need to get a 2.5" SATA hard drive. I would suggest you get Seagate or Western Digital though as they are well known reliable brands in the hard drive industry. 1) No it doesn't matter, but see above 2) Yes, usually just a few screws on the underside of the laptop 3) Sell it or get a case(15-25 bucks) then you can use it as an external hard drive. The hardest thing when upgrading a hard drive is cloning it, for that I would recommend Clonzilla, or Macrium Reflect, which I also think does cloning. You will need to get SATA case or something to image the 80gb disk to the 250gb one. Although a clean install would be easiest, if you have the XP cd. Cheers Blam EDIT: Instructions on replacing HDD:bizsupport1.austin.hp.com |
Blam (54) | ||
| 742115 | 2009-01-26 08:21:00 | Awesome dude!! I'm stoked i can do this myself!! I can get a new drive online for under $100, and my girlfriend keeps telling me to buy a new Laptop... riddle me this though: :help: I don't have any disks for any of the software on here, so i would HAVE to move everything from the old one to the new one, right? :stare: edit: Guess i need to research how to image a drive onto another...or have a cpu wiz friend of mine help... |
SpartanEngineerAstronaut (9872) | ||
| 742116 | 2009-01-26 09:50:00 | Definitely a DIY prospect. I'd certainly go with the idea of getting yourself a cheap SATA external case - you won't be able to clone your existing drive without it, and having an 80GB external drive will be handy later on. If you can set up your machine to boot off USB-HDD - try blam6's suggested software with the new drive as external 1st, then you can try booting off it to test before committing to installing it in the case. For a backup option, you should have some HP recovery software that allows you to burn CD's or DVD's of the factory configuration of the laptop, i.e Windows plus all of the preinstalled software. I'd recommend you do this anyway if you haven't got any original disks. |
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| 742117 | 2009-01-26 17:51:00 | Pretty easy to do you shouldn't have any problems | gary67 (56) | ||
| 742118 | 2009-01-26 18:34:00 | Thanks guys!! :thumbs: I'll let you know how it goes when i get the drive. It does sound like something i can do myself, awesome!! :banana |
SpartanEngineerAstronaut (9872) | ||
| 742119 | 2009-01-26 20:15:00 | 1). Does the brand of HD matter? if so must i buy from Hp and what kind? 2). Once new HD is allocated, can a noob like me put it in? 3). What to do with old Drive? Thanks in advance!! :clap Yes. Stick with Western Digital. Seagate was good but are having issues wi9th their new drives. No you can buy it anywhere reputable. Yes, there is a panel underneath you unscrew and the drive is visible - it pulls straight out. Make sure you get the right type - sata probably, but check if it is. Use it as an external backup drive. |
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