[dba-Tech] Laptop Hard Drive Dead

Hi Rocky,

One more comment, I recently replaced a 5400 rpm with a 7200 rpm on a 
friends laptop and he could tell the difference in speed if that is of 
any importance. As you know Fry's will have a fairly large selection to 
choose from, I think IDE's are more expensive than SATA's but if a 7200 
rpm is only 10 or so dollars more I'd use the faster drive.


Bill

Jim Lawrence wrote:
> Hi Rocky:
>
> If your lap top is running at the speed you are happy with and everything is
> working... yes, replace the hard drive... it is a piece of cake. I have been
> trained in Dell and IBM and the drives just slide out and clip back in.
>
> One very important trick: If you have to open the laptop up to get access to
> the HD and it is an older model, flip it over on its face, do a layout of
> the screw positions on a sheet of paper and with very small Phillips screw
> drivers or jewelers' drivers. Write the screw sizes of each hole... there
> can be up to 6 different type of screws depending on the model. Be careful
> to not lose any screws as they can be very small. Once the screws have been
> removed the back will just snap out and hard drive will be easy to remove.
>
> With some of the newer model laptops, a hard drive can be removed by
> removing a single panel on the back and then the drive is just slid out and
> a new drive slid in... 30 minute job.
>
> Jim    
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 6:45 AM
> To: List
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Laptop Hard Drive Dead
>
> Dear List:
>
> I have a Compaq Presario R3000 with a dead HD.  Is it worth replacing?  Are
> there lots of drives that can slide in there or do I have to go to Compaq
> and pay too much for a replacement because they've done something 'unique'
> to stop the third party replacements? 
>
> I've already replaced the machine with a Dell Inspiron 15.  So I don't need
> it fixed.  But I was going to send it back to school with my son as a spare
> since their academic lives are completely dependent on their computers now.
>
>
> MTIA,
>
>  
>
> Rocky Smolin
>
> Beach Access Software
>
> 858-259-4334
>
> www.e-z-mrp.com <http://www.e-z-mrp.com/> 
>
> www.bchacc.com <http://www.bchacc.com/> 
>
>  
>
>  
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> dba-Tech mailing list
> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com
> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech
> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com
>
>
>