HP/Compaq :: Will Envy 17 Come With Western Digital 1TB Drives Or Toshiba 1TB Drives

May 11, 2010

Which drive will the envy 17 come with and which drive performs better? These are the only 2 2.5" 1TB drives i see released as of now.

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Dell :: SSD Drives An/or Mini PCI SSD Drives

Sep 28, 2009

Has anyone tried one of the netbook mini PCI SSD drives in an inspriron?

How about the regular SSD drives? I have a 1525 I am considering updating a smidge .....

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HP/Compaq :: Enabling Write Caching On Western Digital Scorpio HD

Jan 6, 2009

I have an HP DV2700 laptop (core 2 duo T5450 @1.66Ghz, 2GB of ram with vista home premium 32-bit).

I have a Western digital scorpio 250GB HD at 5400 rpm (WDC WD2500BEVS) and I am having some trouble enabling the write catching (and in extension, advanced performance mode.) I have tried accessing device manager and selecting 'enable write caching on the disk' however the policy does not persist once i apply the change. Despite my disappointment, this was to be expected since the comment 'this device does not allow its write cache setting to be modified' can be seen underneath the option. Being a tweaker of sorts with regards to vista, I was certain there is a way to allow such modifications to take place.

As an aside, I wanted to know whether enabling these policies would decrease spin up time? More specifically, decrease the amount of heat emitted from the hard drive. Of those who own DV laptops, this is an understandable request, seeing as the base of the laptop, under stress, becomes uncomfortably hot.

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HP/Compaq :: Hard Drives & HP

Jan 31, 2009

Just received a box to send my dv9543cl back to HP in the "bay area". I have read on this site that it is advised to remove the hard drives before sending the laptop back to HP for repair. Is this correct?

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HP/Compaq :: Blu Ray Drives In Your Notebooks

Jan 11, 2009

my notebook has the optiarc 5500S BD Rom and I've only had it for a couple days. I've tried a few blu rays using quickplay but the playback is a little stuttery, especially when skipping from scene to scene. Overall, playback is fairly smooth but my eyes are really picky and I can tell it's not as smooth and fluid as it would be if I were to watch it on my ps3.

I'm wondering if PowerDVD (blu ray version) would be smoother. What are your experiences with blu ray on your notebooks and what software do you use?

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HP/Compaq :: Xp Drives-dv5-1060ee

May 5, 2009

i bought HP Pavilion dv5-1060ee Entertainment Notebook PC & it comes with vista installed in it.

To change my operating system from vista to XP by providing XP Drives , because i have check the hp site for it and i didn't find it !

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Sony :: Will Western Digital 2.5" 1 TB Drive Fit Z

Dec 5, 2009

Anyone know? Both their 750Gb or 1 Tb - is it standard 2.5" in thickness so that we can upgrade our Sony notebooks?

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Sony :: Western Digital 500Gb SATA On VAIO SZ

Feb 15, 2009

Has anyone installed this hard disc on the Sony Vaio SZ series notebooks:

Western Digital WD5000BEVT 5,400 rpm 500Gb SATA

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If yes, then I would like to know how it performed (too hot etc?)

I don't know which hard disc my SZ came with.

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Apple :: Macbook Pro - 500 GB Western Digital Passport Hardrive

Feb 4, 2009

Well i first got it and used it on my windows computer it worked fine. Then i used on my mac and realized i needed to format and it for large files/ writing. So i formated it to MAC journaled. Ever since its been making random beeping noises sometimes. Also it makes clicking noises. I am wondering know what i can do to stop this. Is it ok? Can i fix it? Should i buy a new hard drive?

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Dell :: XPS M1530 + Western Digital WD5000BEVT Clicking Noise

Jul 4, 2009

I'm sicking of having to set hdparm to 254 every time i resume from sleep. It's annoying as heck.

I also don't want to hear my damn drive clicking all the time. I've done some digging and apparently WD has released a firmware update for this drive to fix the issue.

However, I cannot find this anywhere. Does anybody know where I can get a hold of it?

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Apple :: Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500GB 5400RPMHeat

Jun 16, 2009

I fitted the above HD into my Macbook Pro unibody a fair few months ago and it generally works great, I was even more impressed at how easy it was to install as I'm by no means a computer expert!

Anyway, the one niggle I have is that my Pro is running hotter, so much so that instead of a niggle I am a little worried.

It seems to be worse when I am running programs with the Apple OS but also using Windows XP with Fusion. The heat is a worry but the noise of the fans is just plain annoying. Prior to fitting this hard drive I never heard a peep out of the stock 250GB drive, either from the fans or the drive itself (as an aside, I can hear the new drive, but its quiet and not a problem). Likewise, it never seemed to get hot.

What confuses me is that the heat doesn't come from the area where the drive is. As you look at your laptop during normal use, the hot part is to the rear left of the base (i.e. the keyboard part).

I notice that Apple have 500GB drives available as an option on Macbook Pros now, does anyone know what make these could be? Also, does anyone have any experience with these yet?

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HP/Compaq :: Will Switchign Hard Drives Make A Difference

Jul 20, 2009

I wanna switch from my factory hard drive to a 7200 500gb 3.0 gb/s WD hard drive. Will I notice a dramatic difference in the performance of my computer. Also, can I use recovery discs or my factory reformat dvd to make this new drive bootable?

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Dell :: Solution To Linux Load_cycle_count Issue Over Studio 14 Laptop With Western Digital WD3200BEVT HDD

Jan 5, 2009

I have recently purchased a Dell Studio 14 laptop with Western Digital WD3200BEVT 320 GB 5400 rpm HDD. I installed Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 immediately after purchasing it.

I am aware of the Load_cycle_count issue and would like to fix it. But with so many threads on the topic available on the net, I am a bit confused.

Has anyone applied the fix on the Studio Laptop with the above HDD yet? If yes, can anyone please share their experiences/caveats etc. so that I can confidently go ahead and apply the fix .....

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Dell :: Studio Western Digital Disk Quiet "clicking"

Nov 30, 2008

My WDC WD2500BEVS-75UST0 (HDD) "clicking" in IDLE MODE.
On normal or heavy load I can't hear the click.
But in IDLE - my WDC clearly "clicking".
I used NHC and set the option "Max Performance 254" and It is fine all the time.
But I hate NHC and overall addition programs in the start-up.
I found too the HDD has jumper:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....p?p_faqid=1410
To reduce "Spin UP" but I'm under warranty, and it is no option.
Any advice.It is not big deal, and I can hear it only when my HDD is IDLE but....
OS: Windows Vista
HDD temperatures: normal range - 33-35-37 C
Maximum reached: 40-41 C
The temperatures are fine by my opinion.
NO BAD SECTORS!

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Dell :: No More Blu Ray Drives?

Jan 22, 2010

So I'm just browsing the XPS 1645 as I was curious about looking at the i7 configurations. Is it just me or has Dell taken off all Blu-Ray options?

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Dell :: XPS 1710 And SSD Drives

May 30, 2010

I've had an XPS 1710 for 3.5 years and am itching for an upgrade, but I'm doing my best to wait for the xps16 refresh. I'm started to get a bit irritated with the speed of my 160gb 5400 rpm laptop drive so I was thinking of upgrading to a SSD while I wait.

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Sony :: FW Can You Partition As Two Drives

Mar 14, 2009

Can you format the FW 500GB into two drives? a C drive for programmes and a D drive for documents etc

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Sony :: Hard Drives Possible In Z

Apr 25, 2009

how many hard drives could fit in the Vaio Z, because on the SonyStyle site when configuring the HD's and choosing for example 256GB SSD it shows 2x128GB SSD. Does this mean 2x SSD hard drives? If so then I'm wondering why they don't make the option available to put in 2x256GB SSD's. Also, if 2 SSD's are possible, are 2 standard 2,5" spinning HD's possible?

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Apple :: 15K Drives Loud In Mac Pro

Mar 1, 2009

I would love a 15k mac pro hd when I order my new system....but are they loud? I have 2 raptors in RAID in my XPS and while its not loud...it's not quiet either. Anyone own a 15k drive and can speak for it in the Mac Pro?

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Apple :: WD External Drives

Mar 17, 2009

I have 2 WD Elements External Drives - 640GB each, one formatted in FAT32, the other in NTFS.

I know OS X does not write NTFS drives, but I've got NTFS for MAC installed.

I have a problem: Everytime I connect either drive and leave them for sometime (at times just a couple of minutes) they eject unexpectedly. An error message pops up saying that the drive has not been properly ejected.

However, there are times where I can connect without problems but when I try to copy a file, half-way it disconnects again (This is with the NTFS-formatted drive)

On my FAT32 drive, when I connect successfully, either I can copy stuff, or the message : "Error Code 0, unexpected error occured" pops out

What should I do? I have disabled the NTFS for MAC driver but it does not solve my problem.

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Dell :: Studio 17: 1 Or 2 Disk Drives

Mar 3, 2010

I just checked out Dells web site for the Studio 17 and on the menu you can select 1 500G drive or 2 320G drives.

Does the Studio 17 have slots for two drives ??

If not, does the second drive just come in an extra box ??

What manufacture drives does Dell use these days ?

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Dell :: Cd Drives Not Working On C840

Mar 25, 2009

I'm having a real puzzling problem ... after removing the mother board of my dell c840 to fix a loose ac adapter jack (which was repaired successfully) now after windows xp starts i noticed that neither the opitcal drive a toshiba sdr2102 cdrw/dvd rom drive or the expansion bay cd rom drive a samsung sn-124 drive are working at all..

the are listed in the device manager with a yellow warning flag.. the driver details says error 39 the drivers cant be loaded.... i have tried removing/uninstalling the drives and rebooting ......

but still same problem remains.... the drives do not show up on the my computer listing either...

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Dell :: System Restore All Drives?

Feb 24, 2009

I have the following 3 drives on my Dell XPS 1530 notebook as it came from Dell :

1)Drive C :Which has all the Windows files
2)Drive D: Which has other files
3)Drive E :Which has the Recovery files

So far I have enabled System Restore only for Drive C.

Is it advisable to enable System restore for Drives D and E also ?

Im particularly asking for Drive D as system restore eats lots of space if it is enabled in Drive D.

Are there any risks if system restore is not enabled for Drive D and E

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Dell :: Latitude Z 3.5 Hard Drives?

Nov 30, 2009

Can't locate info on the "mobility SSD" drives.

Are they 2.5 or 3.5? 1.8?

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Dell :: WD Raptor (10k RPM) Vs. Notebook Drives

Apr 17, 2009

I currently have a 74gig raptor in my desktop, and I'm going to switch to a notebook for college.

I was wondering how the 7200rpm drives on the m1330 and m1530 compare to this.

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Sony :: Z11Two Hard Drives

Apr 13, 2010

you get a Z11 configured with one SSD drive, is it possible to later install a second drive on your own? Also, can you install a normal hard drive as a second drive? Like can you get a 128gig SSD drive as a boot drive and then install a 2.5" Hard Drive in the second slot?

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Sony :: Solid State Drives

Feb 12, 2009

I have a VGN-Z590. Pretty much fully loaded with blu-ray burner.

When I got my laptop I immediately swapped out the drive for a 300GB 7200 RPM drive.


I know they are still not cheap - but for right around $500 you can get 256MB SSD drives.

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Sony :: Merging Partitioned Drives

Mar 9, 2010

Have a VGN-A195EP with C drive 30gb, abd D drive 30GB, as usual C is full of junk, and D is empty and useless. The lappy is ok, and I hate waste, I'm sure with a bit more breathing room on the C drive I'll get a little more life out of it.

way of merging C and D without doing a format and re-install?

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Sony :: Does TT And TZ Use 2.5" Laptop Drives

Nov 16, 2009

Can either the Sony TT or TZ be upgraded to 'regular' laptop drives? Would like 500 GB capacities.

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Sony :: Can The S Series Have 2 Hard Drives In It

Mar 30, 2010

I was looking and I understand the Z series can have 2 SSD's and was thinking maybe the S series can have 2 also.

is so that would be cool, since arent SSD's the same size as a regular HD at least they look like it

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