| Author |
Hard drive replacement doubt |
pmerryman
Joined: Jun 02, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Oldham,Uk
PM |
My hard drive on my pc has packed in. Are they easy to replace, and will my pc recognise a new drive, or will i have to config it.
[ This Message was edited by: tranced on 2009-10-26 17:39 ] One Day, Men Will Look Back And Say I Gave Birth To The 20th Century. You have to have a piss in the sea, its the law. The A-Z of Trusted Traders[img]http://a-zott.com/images/A-Z |
|
|
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Sydney, London
PM |
dead easy on a desktop, so-so on a laptop (my current vaio was awful to change the 250gb drive for a 500gb and took me a whole day!)
the bios should recognise the new drive so no isues there, but you'll obviously need to reinstall an O/S and your apps and your data unless you keep a backup (as I always do) 
|
pmerryman
Joined: Jun 02, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Oldham,Uk
PM |
It is a desktop and i have a backup using acronis.
One Day, Men Will Look Back And Say I Gave Birth To The 20th Century. You have to have a piss in the sea, its the law. The A-Z of Trusted Traders[img]http://a-zott.com/images/A-Z |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Sydney, London
PM |
nice, thats what I use. I keep 1 full image copy and do weekly incrementals. saved me a couple of times and makes changing disks a doddle
|
pmerryman
Joined: Jun 02, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Oldham,Uk
PM |
Thought it was to good to be true. New drive installed, and loaded my os disc, only to be told after a while that no disk drive is installed. Opened the pc up and checked both cables. Help.
One Day, Men Will Look Back And Say I Gave Birth To The 20th Century. You have to have a piss in the sea, its the law. The A-Z of Trusted Traders[img]http://a-zott.com/images/A-Z |
tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
PM |
Is your hard drive ATA or SATA?
|
pmerryman
Joined: Jun 02, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Oldham,Uk
PM |
Its a sata. Western digital caviar green
One Day, Men Will Look Back And Say I Gave Birth To The 20th Century. You have to have a piss in the sea, its the law. The A-Z of Trusted Traders[img]http://a-zott.com/images/A-Z |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Sydney, London
PM |
not sure it matters where its ATA or SATA? the cables are quite different and so would only fit the correct drive
try going into the BIOS (usually F2 or DEL key shortly after start) and see if the HD is recognised in there
where did you get the drive from? new or old? does it have jumpers which maybe are defining the drive as slave instead of primary?
|
tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
PM |
@pmerryman: you better check whether the cables are well fitted in in the sockets on the mother board.
|
pmerryman
Joined: Jun 02, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Oldham,Uk
PM |
Its a new one from pc world. It has got 8 pins for the jumpers. It says 3 positions on the top of the drive for the jumpers but non said master or slave.
One Day, Men Will Look Back And Say I Gave Birth To The 20th Century. You have to have a piss in the sea, its the law. The A-Z of Trusted Traders[img]http://a-zott.com/images/A-Z |
masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
Posts: > 500
From: Sydney, London
PM |
just had a thought... its been a year since I did my last drive but as I recall they come unformatted and you need to format them in the format you want, but I believe true image can format as it goes so just load up the true image recovery disk and start you restore
[ This Message was edited by: masseur on 2009-10-26 18:48 ] |
tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
PM |
this is your hdd caviar green backside:
Those pins at the right should have the settings for the slave, master, cable select, etc. in the top as seen here:
It's not clearly seen from here though. I may be mistaken as i have had no probs with SATA drives.
|
pmerryman
Joined: Jun 02, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Oldham,Uk
PM |
Checked the cable on the mother board also. I am in the bios and i cant see anything about hard drive in there.
One Day, Men Will Look Back And Say I Gave Birth To The 20th Century. You have to have a piss in the sea, its the law. The A-Z of Trusted Traders[img]http://a-zott.com/images/A-Z |
tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
Posts: > 500
From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
PM |
Go to the CMOS features option and you'll see the drives you've got installed on it.
|
jcwhite_uk
Joined: Feb 18, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Dorset, UK Phone:Xperia Z1
PM, WWW
|
What OS are you trying to install?
Checkout my photos at My Website"Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the world together." |
|
|
Posted: 2009-10-26 17:21
jay0726 | 
