Posts by bovinda

I ended up switching the black sheet from the old one to the new one, and after installing the new HDD it's working fine. Thanks for the encouragement.

OK, I've gotten everything open, checking carefully for all screws, and I've taken out the old HDD and its bracket. I've switched the new HDD into the bracket, and I noticed that the old HDD (a Fujitsu) has a black sheet glued to the...

OK, thanks you guys. One other question. Is there any easy way to confirm that it is a dead hard drive before trying to switch it out? I just got the notebook now, and after turning it on, it mentions that it can't detect an...

A good friend asked if I could switch out his hard drive on his VAIO VGN-S460, since his other died. I've built my own desktop, but I have no experience with notebooks. Is this hard to do? Anything I need to be aware of or to...