[dba-Tech] Laptop Hard Drive Dead

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    

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 6:45 AM
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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

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