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hdd trouble help!!

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3/1/13 at 6:46pm
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I have a sony vaio VGN-NW 250F the mother board went out on me....i also have an older acer aspire 5100 what i would like to do is put the hdd from the sony into the acer because the sony has bigger hdd and also use win 7 instead of vista....question can i use the old sony partition and reinstall to factory on an acer machine if so how i have tried F1 - F12 keys on start up cant get to re install to factory screen also tried to repair with no success also getting BSOD 0X0000007B which i know is driver,corrupt boot ,corrupt boot device etc. bottom line is i just want to format and put win 7 on this machine using the extra partion on this drive if possible

thank you for your help

killervan
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post #2 of 2
3/2/13 at 3:01am
If you can get an external drive enclosure like this http://www.ebay.ca/itm/2-5-INCH-IDE-HARD-DRIVE-ENCLOSURE-USB-2-0-EXTERNAL-CASE-BLACK-BOX-/390552565308?pt=US_Drive_Enclosures_Docks&hash=item5aeebf363c for whatever type HDD you are using from the Sony...probably SATA (it should say on the drive)..You would remove the HD from the Sony, remove the two mounting brackets when the HD is out..put the HD in the external case (be careful an make sure the head of the adapter goes on right so you dont bend the pins)..plug the external adapter into the Acer laptop and it will read as another drive..From there, you should be able to format the drive..When that is done, remove the drive from the adapter, remove the old drive from the Acer and remove its mounting brackets..put the acer mounting brackets on the "new Sony drive" and insert in the Acer laptop...NOTE: This will only work if both HDs are SATA or both drives are IDE. If not, I understand there are IDE to SATA adapters or SATA to IDE whichever way you are going...Hope this helps
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