Sony :: Vaio Z (VGN-Z790JAB) Hard Drive

Apr 8, 2010

I'm considering a Vaio Z. I would have bought the latest one, but unfortunately the headphone plug is in the front which is a deal breaker for me as I most often use it on the treadmill to watch movies and it needs to "stand up".

So, when looking at previous Z's I noticed the headphone plug is one the side (as it should be. if you ask me). Blu-ray is a must and I want SSD. I found a few models with Blu-ray, but it seems that all models only have a regular 320GB hard drive, so my first question is:

- Does a Z of previous model with Blu-ray and SSD exist?

In case no such model exists I was thinking of buying the VGN-Z790JAB and replace the hard drive with a SSD myself. I was browsing this forum and found a few threads on the topic, e.g. these:...........

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Sony :: Sticking Hard Drive Or SSD In DVD Drive Of Vaio Z

Feb 26, 2009

who opened I believe Z and connected a hard drive to dvd drive connector while leaving dvd drive in for cosmetic reasons. Can't find this thread. Where exactly can the hard drive go? Inside the tray?

I am afraid there will be too much vibration if I put regular HD there. For this reason I would rather put there SSD but is there a way to make this a primary OS drive? Seems like last bios allows to boot from optical drive.

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Sony :: Vaio SR Hard Drive Upgrade

May 12, 2009

I have a Sony Vaio SR190 with a 160gb@5400 rpm hard drive. I really want to upgrade this with more capacity. I have two main questions:

1) What Hard Drive brand is the best? I was looking at the Western Digital Scorpio and the Seagate Momentus, but I want suggestions on the BEST.

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Jan 16, 2010

so does the Vaio F have a second bay? I'd really like to throw in a SSD to boost the boot time

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Sony :: VAIO SR Upgrading Hard Drive

Oct 27, 2009

I was thinking about upgrading to a 7200 RPM hard drive for my VAIO SR190.

I'm sure this voids warranty, but in the event that you need to send the laptop to Sony, couldn't you just put the original back in and they wouldn't notice?

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Sony :: Vaio TT Hard Drive Upgrade

Apr 17, 2009

I was wondering if it was easy to crack open and upgrade the CD-ROM drive to another hard drive instead. Since customizing a TT is hellaciously expensive and the hard drives they offer are slow and not big enough -I would rather supply my own parts than what they have in stock

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Sony :: Replacing Hard Drive On A Vaio FW

Jan 30, 2009

I'm about to pull the trigger on a FW, but it has a 320GB 4200rpm. HD.

I've planned on buying a WD Scorpio Black later and the replacing it.

How complicated would that be? What I mean is, that I can do the hardware replacing and all that, but is it enough that I would do a recovery disc with the original HD inside and then replace the HD's and then just boot from the disc. Or do I need to fiddle around with the SATA drivers,

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Sony :: Is New Vaio Z Can Manual Replace Ssd With Hard Drive

Mar 9, 2010

Is new Vaio Z can manual replace default sony ssd with 2.5' hard drive ?

If not, Can i manual replace dvd drive with second hard drive or it need special part, May it run at full speed SATA2, and can i boot from it ?

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Sony :: VAIO VGN-N150P, Replace Hard Drive

Jun 10, 2009

provide explanations or pics for the under keyboard removal on this Sony Vaio VGN-N150P laptop?

I can tell you that I've not found it in all the stickies... some of the models are 'close' but NO CIGAR. Google has not helped, seems like Sony has tried its darndest to BE UNHELPFUL. Even chatted with them, no joy.

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Sony :: Vaio TZ Dual Hard Drive Swapping

Feb 11, 2009

Just pulled the trigger on a Vaio VGNTZ290NDB for $1,439 on clearance from Sony Style.

Seems like a nice unit.

Question:

This unit comes with a 64GB SSD (1.8" PATA) and a 250GB HDD (2.5" SATA).

Given the age of the model line, I'm assuming that the PATA SSD is not of the same performance level as the new SATA SSDs, e.g., Intel X25-M.

Would it be simple enough to put in an X25-M in place of the 250GB HDD and then make it the boot drive? Or is the system limited to booting from the PATA SSD?

A dual SSD ultraportable would be... well... sweet.

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Sony :: Hard Drive Upgrade In Vaio VGN-NS140E/L

Jul 29, 2009

Sony VAIO VGN-NS140E/L. I've been wanting to replace my 250GB hard drive with a larger drive, but I can't find any instruction manuals/walkthroughs of how to disassemble it enough to make the swap.

I've read pages of other models, and followed it to the point of where I have removed the bottom screws and unhinged the keyboard, but now I can't figure out how to remove the plastic cover that is over the hard drive and other components (in other walkthroughs this part seems to be a seperate metal panel, not a plastic built-in part).

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Sony :: Vaio Vgn-p530h Hard Drive Replacement

Dec 24, 2009

does anyone have a tutorial for sony vaio vgn-p530h hard drive replacement

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Sony :: Vaio VGN A270 P Hard Drive Upgrade

Jan 31, 2010

Disclaimer: I did do a cursory search for the question I want to ask, but there were like 480 pages that came up in my initial searches.

I have a Vaio VGN A270P that has VERY, VERY low miles on it. It is literally the car that the little old lady from Pasadena drove for like a grand total of maybe 10 hours.

I have ordered the requisite memory upgrade from the current 1GB to 2GB max from Crucial. Now I want to look into replacing the harddrive with something a little more beefy. In doing my due diligence, I found that this machine came with a max of 100GB hard drive. I see drives on the bay for reasonable prices that are as much as 360GB (?)

I am doing this in conjunction with a total dump of windows and swapping in Linux Mint for my OS. Basically I am wanting to try to extend the useful life and functionality of this machine by doing this.

My question is this....what would be you advice regarding the upgrading of the hard drive? Where to go to get it? What should I look for in purchasing the drive? What pit falls should I be on alert for? Do any of you have reservations about what I am proposing here?

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Sony :: Vaio SR290 Hard Drive Have Been Running Constantly

Jan 16, 2009

Im having a major issue with my SR290 and Sony Repair Center specifically.

Ok, I just noticed that my hard drive have been running constantly and never under an idle state about 3 weeks ago.

I restored the computer twice but every time I turn it on, the hard drive and the fan makes really loud noises. Even when there are absolutely no applications running,

the hard drive runs and makes obvious noises. I used to be sitting late at night surfing the internet and having absolutely no noise from the laptop, but now even when I just turn it on, its really loud. If I leave it on for over a few hours, the fan exhaust starts to expel really warm air

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Sony :: Vaio VGN-FW290 Hard Drive And Windows 7 Upgrade

Oct 27, 2009

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FW290 with Vista Home Premium 64x that I�ve had for approximately one year. I would like to upgrade it by replacing the original 5400rpm HD with a 7200rpm HD and a fresh install of Windows 7 Home Premium 64x.

Here are the questions I have:

Is there a preferred hard drive that works well in this style of laptop? I�m considering a Seagate Momentus 7200.4 or WD Scorpio Black.

If I install the new hard drive, can I boot from the Windows 7 installation disk and go? Will the basic hardware function properly at this point; CD drive, internet connection for Windows installation, etc.? Is there anything else I need to be aware of?

According to Sony eSupport, the VGN-FW290 model is �Windows 7 upgradeable�. Does this mean all the Sony Windows 7 drivers are available to provide the full functionality of the computer with a fresh install? There�s only a handful of Windows 7 Home Premium 64x drivers, on the Sony website, compared to the Vista Home Premium 64x OS. Do I use a combination of Vista drivers along with Windows 7 drivers? For example, I have the ATI Radeon HD 3650 video adapter and a Blu-ray read/write drive, but don�t see a Windows 7 driver for them.

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Sony :: Z Hard Drive

Jan 17, 2009

So I want to buy this Sony Z laptop... but they charge too much for the 320 GB upgrade ($250).. I can get it off new egg for $90 shipped [url]

Only difference is this G-Sensor Business... Is that a motherboard feature or controlled by the drive its-self?

Does anyone know which brand/model drive they use in the Sony Z? How many drives fit in the Z?

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Sony :: (Old) VAIO Z BD Drive Fit In (New) VAIO Z Series

Mar 27, 2010

I'm wondering if the Blu-ray optical drive (Panasonic UJ-232A) of the (old) VAIO Z series will be able to fit into the (new) VAIO Z series? I would really appreciate it if anyone is able to answer my question.

The reason I'm asking is because I'm seriously thinking of selling my VAIO Z690 & just buying the base Sony VAIO Z (VPCZ112GX/S). I may just be able to afford that base model & the icing on the cake will definitely be the UJ-232A drive being able to fit into the (new) VAIO Z series & work.

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Sony :: Hard Drive VZ4000

Apr 10, 2010

I have a VGN-FZ4000 Sony laptop. I installed a new Hatachi 250gb hard drive. How do I get my laptop to recognize the new hard drive

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Sony :: 500gb Hard Drive For FW

Jun 18, 2009

does it support the SATA 3.0gb/s hard drives?

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Sony :: New Hard Drive- FE790p

Feb 12, 2010

I currently have an FE790p. After a few years of use, its getting a bit slow, and I would really like to upgrade to Windows 7 (currently running Vista Business). I get Windows 7 for free through my school, and rather than simply upgrading, I want to do a clean install. I also want to upgrade my current 120GB 5400RPM HDD to a new, bigger 7200RPM HDD.

Is it possible to simply buy a larger drive, install it, and then boot up the computer with windows 7 from a USB flash drive? I'm not sure if this would work, as there would be no drivers present, etc.

I would really like to be able to just keep my old hard drive and all of its contents, and possibly use it as sort of an external hard drive. Is this possible? Furthermore, if I can keep the old hard drive, is there a way to connect it as an external hard drive, and still boot from it?

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Sony :: VGN-SZ650N Hard Drive

Feb 8, 2009

my laptop hard drive stop working is not recognized by the OS indicate no hd found, therefore i need to replace it. but i do not know how to do it. how to remove the hd, how to find it, etc.

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Sony :: VGN-FW465JB Hard Drive

Jul 5, 2009

i noticed my computer only has a maximum of 287 GB while it is advertised as 320 GB. Is this because something is taking up the rest of the space(ie: OS)? But even so would it really take that much space and shouldn't the hard drive in Local disk (C properties still say it's out of 320 GB?

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Sony :: Vgn-fz140eb Hard Drive

Jan 14, 2009

sony is being sony and wont honor warranty. they say the dent in my chassis (happened 8 months ago) has affected the hard drive so they wont honor warranty. i am furious. i want to use this laptop. what do i do? and the preloaded software was on drive and now not avaialbe.

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Sony :: Hard Drive Space

Aug 18, 2009

I purchased a VGN-SR430J/B and I cleaned it with killdisk and installed windows 7 32bit.

This model comes with a 320GB HDD, yet when I go to my computer it says that I have 273GB free of 287GB total. So I assume the 14GB (287-273) being used is somehow the 2.5 GB Windows 7 32bit. But 320 - 287 is 33GB, where did it go? Where can I look?

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Sony :: Hard Drive- VGN-TXN15P

Aug 11, 2009

I have a Vaio with a damaged hard drive. I need to replace it, but don't know what to replace it with... I've looked online but can't seem to locate the specs of the hard drive. VGN-TXN15P

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Apr 26, 2010

I just bought a Z116GX/S and I'm considering swapping the optical drive with a hard drive. I found this:

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I contacted them, and apparently it should be compatible with the new Z.

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Sony :: VGN-FW Hard Drive SATA Speeds

Oct 23, 2009

I was checking my hard drive with hdtune and saw something interesting...the program said that my hard drive is SATA I. Am I mistaken or is this for real? I have a CTO VGN-FW490J, got it in June 2009. The hard drive is a Fujitsu MHZ2320BJ. I did a quick google and the descriptions say it is SATA II, so I'm confused. Is it the motherboard that determines the SATA speeds or the hard drive? What's even more confusing is that in the official FW thread, someone said they installed a SSD and they're getting sequential reads at about 250mb/sec so that person definitely is in the SATA II range. I attached an image of the part that shows my hard drive info.

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Sony :: Sneaky Hard Drive Upgrade

Jun 25, 2009

I bought an FW configured with a 320gb 5400rpm hard drive, originally with a view to taking it out and putting in a faster one, 7200rpm or even an ssd. However, sony said this would void the warranty so I decided to just stick wit the 5400rpm option.

So my question is that if I bought a 7200rpm drive now, or an ssd when they are slightly cheaper, would I be able to slot that in,

but then if something went wrong with the laptop and it had to be returned, simply slip in the original 5400rpm hard drive so the sony guys wouldn't know the difference?? Or would they be able to tell I had changed the drive?