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The Disassembled Laptop Drive Cracking open a laptop hard drive: nice!wonderful photoset.but why didnt you open up the spindle rotor from the chasis?i am addicted to opening up HDDs. till date i have opened up at least a hundred drives. from ye olde winchesters to the MFM's of the 80's to the latest SATA's and 2.5 inchers!Torx screws in photo...; Tags: Notebooks, hathehariken@..., laptop computer, Torx, laptop hard drive, hard drive; Discussion threads 2007-06-22
No bootable device available error: I have an old laptop dell latitude that was given to me. I don't even know if it has a hard drive... I'm getting an error "no boot device available" when I go to setup utility, Primary Hard drive says "none". When I reboot from...; Tags: password, linda.calamito@...; Discussion threads 2006-12-28
Connecting old laptop hd to new pc?: Hello everyone,Call me lazy but I didn't think it would be fair to me to search for hours to find some down-to-earth instructions on how in the world to do the following:I have a Toshiba laptop hd that I would like to connect to my much newer desktop pc. ...; Tags: adapter, annaquindlen@..., hard drive, hardware, laptop computer, laptop hard drive, PC; Q&A 2006-01-26
Can I connect a Laptop hard drive (Not 2.5") to IDE: I have a Laptop hard drive(Not 2.5") that I am trying connect to an IDE cable to recover some files. This is from a Sony Vaio that is about 13 months old. I have the adapter to connect to the 2.5" laptop drives and am familiar with the...; Tags: bhouchin@..., hard drive, hardware, IDE, laptop computer, Laptop hard drive; Discussion threads 2005-03-10

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Laptop hard drive boot & reading problems: Problem is with a Toshiba MK8026GAX 80gb hard drive from a Dell Laptop I do not have the laptop with me. This is a friends hard drive that Dell has already replaced for her, but she has files on the harddrive that she really needs to recover if at...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., hard drive, hardware, kwoltman2006@..., laptop computer, Microsoft Windows, windows; Discussion threads 2006-12-31

backing up a hard drive with a virus: My computer notebook pc has been infected with a virus that wont allow me to boot up. I would like to save at least some if not all of my files stored on my hard drive before reinstalling windows xp. How can i go about doing this?The "best"...; Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Notebooks, ahwc@..., hard drive, computer, virus; Discussion threads 2007-04-16
Sony Laptop: I just had a sony Vaios restored buy Best Buy.The warranty just expired. I have T.V on it ect.When I got the laptop back, I am able to run the laptop on a solid surface, but when I roam with it on my lap I get a blue screen. Is...; Tags: Sony Corp., whiteym4@..., hard drive, laptop computer; Discussion threads 2007-10-11
Second hard Drive - Retreiving Data: I have a laptop running Vista, and I have a hard drive that I pulled off from an older computer which I had Windows XP running on it. I put that hard drive in a External enclosure and hooked it into my laptop using the USB cable.My laptop does...; Tags: Notebooks, im_chaz@..., hard drive, laptop computer; Discussion threads 2007-08-27
Toshiba Satellite - laptop Hard Drive replacement: My Toshiba laptop had 60GB Toshiba hard drive. Week ago my laptop did not boot up and after several attemps I tried to restore factory default through CD provided by Toshiba. It could not restore Factory default with error message " WRITE SETOR FAILURE RESULT...; Tags: Toshiba Corp., hard drive, nipulshah@..., hard drive for laptop, hardware, Toshiba Satellite, laptop computer, satellite; Discussion threads 2007-01-31
New Hard disk on laptop: I am trying to install a new hard drive on my SONY laptop, but the system does not recognize that there is a drive. How do I format the new drive? I tried typing in FDISK and get the answer that thre is no drive.; Tags: Notebooks, TomBB@..., hard drive, laptop computer; Discussion threads 2007-05-12
Strange laptop hard drive behavior - Anyone seen this?: Have one in my shop that I have never seen before -- Compaq Presario V4000 laptop - locks up intermittently - I have used all the usual (Hijackthis, Spybot, Adaware, Trendmicro Housecall) to clean and discovered that, if I "rock" the laptop by lifting and releasing its right, front corner,...; Tags: Notebooks, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, helmofs@..., hard drive, hard-drive activity, laptop computer, cable connection; Discussion threads 2007-08-22
Laptop hard drive with buzzing noise: I have a Toshiba laptop hard drive and it's making a buzzing sound. I'm guessing it's dying and trying to back up, but it keeps freezing after so many minutes. How can I back up some files? I've heard the freezing but how would you do it with a laptop?...; Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, hard drive; Q&A 2004-10-23
How to replace laptop hard drive?: I acquired brand new hard drive (160 GB) for my Lenovo z60m laptop, to replace my existing 40 GB hard drive which is full. Please advise as how I can copy my OS XP Professional + programs/files to the new hard drive?Many thanks in advance, GregC.You will need something extra.The...; Tags: Notebooks, grisha@..., laptop computer, enclosure, hard drive; Discussion threads 2007-05-03
Why won't my Toshiba laptop recognize a cloned drive.: I have a Toshiba Satellite 1135-S155 with a 40GB EIDE (ATA-5) hard drive that is failing. Start-up message says I should replace the drive immediately. I purchased a Western Digital Scorpio (WD800UE) 80GB hard drive as a replacement which should be compatable with the Toshiba and OKGEAR OK250AU2-K...; Tags: cloned drive, ed.ampe@..., ghost 10.0, hardware, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows XP, toshiba, Toshiba Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-12-28
Sony Laptop: I just had a sony Vaios restored buy Best Buy.The warranty just expired. I have T.V on it ect.When I got the laptop back, I am able to run the laptop on a solid surface, but when I roam with it on my lap I get a blue screen. Is...; Tags: Notebooks, Sony Corp., whiteym4@..., laptop computer; Discussion threads 2007-10-11
Windows XP can't recognize FAT32 Drive: I am trying to back up my friends Compaq computer via USB drive, preparing to upgrade to XP. The Compaq is running Windows ME. Its hard drive is a Maxtor 30GbI think, running in FAT32. My USB drive, is formatted for my laptop running XP Home Edition, NTFS. The Compaq...; Tags: mbm3001@..., Microsoft Windows, USB flash drive, Compaq Computer Corp., laptop computer, FAT32, Microsoft Windows XP; Discussion threads 2007-08-03
External Hard Drive Problems (Maxtor 3200) 100G: Last night I wanted to use my external hard drive for something and when I powered it up, the light on the hard drive just blinks and i don't hear the hard drive spinning. And of course it doesn't show on the laptop. Someone PLEASE HELP!!! I have vital information...; Tags: cummingseric79@..., hard drive, Maxtor Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-05-26
Motherboard failed but need to recover hard drive data from sony V laptop: I have Sony Vaio laptop and it stopped functioning because of motherboard failure .Now it not getting started at all and I need to recover all my hard drive data . I took out the hard drive from the laptop . But...; Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, patelbrijesh1000@..., hard drive, laptop computer, IDE, ide adapter, hard drive data, desktop, motherboard; Discussion threads 2007-08-26
Laptop to Desktop hard drive transfer: I have a HP laptop with a non booting hard drive. I found out from the main user that the CDRW is not working either. The hard drive passed all the internal HP test , so this is what I would like to do. Pull the hard drive out...; Tags: Notebooks, desktop, p_drees@..., laptop computer, hard drive, hardware; Discussion threads 2007-07-10
Laptop can not find hard drive: I purchased an Acer Aspire 5315 laptop. It came with Windows Vista operating system. I didn't like Vista, so I used a program called Disk Kill to delete everything on the hard drive. I reformatted the hard drive, and tried to install Windows XP Pro. The install could not find...; Tags: Notebooks, tnt696@..., hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Dell Inspiron, Microsoft Windows, laptop computer; Discussion threads 2007-11-13

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