Replacing hard drive for Aspire 5100 - How to transfer recovery image?

The hard drive on my Aspire 5100 needs to be replaced. The old one is still working, How do I copy/transfer my recovery image (ALT F10) to the new hard drive? or do the backup DVD's will work?

Need helps in a hurry, thanks

 

you can attempt to use the DVD's,,, just be sure to keep the old harddrive close by,,,

you don't have an external case to slip the old or the NEW HDD in do you?

if not ,,, just swap drives.. make sure BIOS is set to BOOT from CD

and put DVD #1 in ..... boot up and follow instructions...

if you run into problems report back,,,


but to transfer that hidden PQSERVICE partition that has the source for creating recovery disks you need an EXTERNAL HDD CASE w/ USB connector can be found at geeks.com for under $10....
make sure you get the correct connector type SATA or IDE..

then use ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE to make an exact image of the old HDD onto the NEW one

later,
bigO

 

Thanks,
I will try that, another question: how do I go with finding out SATA hard drive compatibility?

 

any sata drive should swap with any other sata drive.... if that is what you are asking

if you are trying to figure out if you drive is sata,, look at the plug on the back of the drive

is there 2 rows of 22 pins in each row,,, that is IDE or PATA connection

SATA connections don't have any pins per-se,, they have 2 small connectors

later, \
bigO

 

Spend the extra bucks and get a sata dock
it's well worth it.

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/Storage/hdd_station/blacx/blacx.asp

 

looks cool,, what's it cost??? the whole site is under construction it seems

 

I got mine from circuit city for $25 after a $10 rebate.
It works great just slide the drive in and it detects.

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Ther...sem/rpsm/oid/204850/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do

 

not bad... i can use one of those in my SHOP/PC room,, i'll have to check that further

 

Will a sataII drive work with the motherboard controller or is it to fast