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Pcg V505dp Hard Drivre Replacement

post #1 of 10
5/7/08 at 8:22am
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please could some body help me on how to replace Hard drive on V 505 DP? I need some baisc technical help, if possible stepwise: please!
Also how do we reload the software again? Does the 'Normal'/Incremental backup repstore the function to normal again?
Pleeeease help!!!
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post #2 of 10
5/7/08 at 8:45am
I cant find that model number on Sony's site...

do you mean PCG-V505DXP?
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post #3 of 10
5/7/08 at 8:52am
This isn't for your specific mode, but it may help you.

http://www.mikeshardware.com/howtos/sonyhdswap/

or

http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jpc/vaio/
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post #4 of 10
5/7/08 at 11:39am
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V505 Hard drive

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Originally Posted by Steve@NBF View Post
I cant find that model number on Sony's site...

do you mean PCG-V505DXP?
Hi
No, the model is PCG V505DP (for UK market)
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post #5 of 10
5/7/08 at 11:49am
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vaio v505 dp - hard drive

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Originally Posted by Steve@NBF View Post
This isn't for your specific mode, but it may help you.

http://www.mikeshardware.com/howtos/sonyhdswap/

or

http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jpc/vaio/

many thanks for the help. The links show excellent photos of how to do this, but unfortunately not my model. But still I can use the tips to figure out, I guess. Much oblized.
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post #6 of 10
5/8/08 at 6:07am
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Infact I managed to open the notebook and I can remove the old Harddrive. But I need help in deciding what is the best replacement: Obviously I do not want to use Toshiba that came with my notebook.
Please somebody help
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post #7 of 10
5/8/08 at 10:29am
what size hd do you want?
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post #8 of 10
5/8/08 at 12:35pm
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Originally Posted by Steve@NBF View Post
what size hd do you want?
I thought at least 100 or 120 GB would be ideal. Will it be ok to use 7200 rpm? and what other specs I need to look out for? e.g Ultra ATA/100 etc.
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post #9 of 10
5/9/08 at 4:06pm
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I saw couple of web sites: Western Digital and Hitachi. Any prefernece?
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post #10 of 10
5/9/08 at 4:33pm
I prefer Fujitsu and Hitachi... but you'll be good no matter what vendor you choose.
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