[dba-Tech] Laptop Hard Drive Dead

Oh that's definitely true. Don't touch a 4200rpm with a 10 foot bargepole,
5400's are acceptable, but 7200's really do fly. There's a seriously
noticeable difference.


Jon

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bill Patten
Sent: 28 June 2009 22:10
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [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    
>
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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,
>
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> Rocky Smolin
>
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