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My hard drive on my pc has packed in. Are they easy to replace, and will my pc recognise a new drive, or will i have to config it.
[ This Message was edited by: tranced on 2009-10-26 17:39 ]
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Posted: 2009-10-26 17:21:25
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dead easy on a desktop, so-so on a laptop (my current vaio was awful to change the 250gb drive for a 500gb and took me a whole day!)
the bios should recognise the new drive so no isues there, but you'll obviously need to reinstall an O/S and your apps and your data unless you keep a backup (as I always do)
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Posted: 2009-10-26 17:27:37
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It is a desktop and i have a backup using acronis.
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Posted: 2009-10-26 17:36:54
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nice, thats what I use. I keep 1 full image copy and do weekly incrementals. saved me a couple of times and makes changing disks a doddle
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Posted: 2009-10-26 17:41:26
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Thought it was to good to be true. New drive installed, and loaded my os disc, only to be told after a while that no disk drive is installed. Opened the pc up and checked both cables. Help.
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Posted: 2009-10-26 19:11:23
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Is your hard drive ATA or SATA?
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Posted: 2009-10-26 19:20:45
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Its a sata. Western digital caviar green
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Posted: 2009-10-26 19:27:57
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not sure it matters where its ATA or SATA? the cables are quite different and so would only fit the correct drive
try going into the BIOS (usually F2 or DEL key shortly after start) and see if the HD is recognised in there
where did you get the drive from? new or old? does it have jumpers which maybe are defining the drive as slave instead of primary?
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Posted: 2009-10-26 19:30:57
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@pmerryman: you better check whether the cables are well fitted in in the sockets on the mother board.
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Posted: 2009-10-26 19:34:56
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Its a new one from pc world. It has got 8 pins for the jumpers. It says 3 positions on the top of the drive for the jumpers but non said master or slave.
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Posted: 2009-10-26 19:37:12
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