Can I replace hard drive myself?

BillTrac

Hammyman wrote: »

It'll be SATA - IDE hasn't been used in laptops since 2005/6.

That's why I asked how old the laptop was.

BillTrac

Manufacturer: Western Digital
Part Number: WD1600BEVT-60ZCT0
Rotational Speed: 5,400 RPM (nominal)
Buffer Size: 8 MB
Average Latency: 5.50 ms (nominal)
Read Seek Time: 12.0 ms
Track-To-Track Seek Time: 2.0 ms (average)
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA): 3 Gb/s (Max)
Formatted Capacity: 160,041 MB
Capacity: 160 GB
Interface: SATA 3 Gb/s
User Sectors Per Drive: 312,581,808
Product Code: WD1600BEVT-60ZCT0

buyitall

BillTrac wrote: »

Manufacturer: Western Digital
Part Number: WD1600BEVT-60ZCT0
Rotational Speed: 5,400 RPM (nominal)
Buffer Size: 8 MB
Average Latency: 5.50 ms (nominal)
Read Seek Time: 12.0 ms
Track-To-Track Seek Time: 2.0 ms (average)
Buffer To Host (Serial ATA): 3 Gb/s (Max)
Formatted Capacity: 160,041 MB
Capacity: 160 GB
Interface: SATA 3 Gb/s
User Sectors Per Drive: 312,581,808
Product Code: WD1600BEVT-60ZCT0

Thanks - you're quick!

closed

If you get it booting again, burn the data to dvd's and copy to external hard disk.

buyitall

closed wrote: »

If you get it booting again, burn the data to dvd's and copy to external hard disk.

Thanks, the regular backups have been done to a portable hard drive, I will copy the music and photos to another drive/disk to be doubly-sure, if it ever boots up again. Still running chkdsk at the mo.

BillTrac

And don't forget, you don't have to replace the existing disk with another WD drive, although they are a top manufacturer.

Almost any,if not all, manufacturers drives will be suitable.

As long as it is SATA and 2.5"

There will probably be a housing which you need to remove from the existing HDD and fit to the replacement.

But as said before it's a pretty easy job to do.

Freddie_Snowbits

buyitall wrote: »

Thanks for the prompt reply. I will drown my sorrows tonight and look into costs etc tomorrow!

Be ultra carefull of the fire water, especially if they put ice in it, you could end up on the rocks.:beer:

buyitall

Freddie_Snowbits wrote: »

Be ultra carefull of the fire water, especially if they put ice in it, you could end up on the rocks.:beer:

Pacing myself has never been my strong point :beer:

prowla

If you can get the system up on the existing disk, you may be able to find software to replicate it onto the new one. (Temporarily putting the new one in an external USB drive.)

buyitall

After running chkdsk the laptop seems to have booted up normally, so I am now copying itunes and photos again to be sure I don't lose them. When chkdisc finished, it switched to bootup before I could read what it said at the end, so I will try to further investigate the hard drive situation tomorrow. At some point soon I'm going to need to go and get glammed up for tonight, so thanks again for the advice given here :A, I hope you all have a great time tonight and Happy New Year xxx :beer::beer:

ps When I get the new hard drive, does anyone know what happens to programmes like MS Office, which we have a 3-user license for, but is already installed on 2 other laptops? Will I be able to re-install it without paying again? Also, will the free version of Spotify (which you can't get anymore) be on the backup? I also use Calibre for e-reading - will it still have my books on it if I do a 'restore from backup' on Vista? Anyway, these are all minor details compared to photos and music, so I need to stop rambling Thanks again xx