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    Asus G1S 7200.2 hard disk upgrade

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by intelme7, Aug 5, 2007.

  1. intelme7

    intelme7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I wanted to buy the Asus G1S notebook . As far as i know the OS is placed in a seperate partition in the Hard disk and not with a seperate OS disc .
    Is this true? .

    I wanted to upgrade the hard disk by placing Seagate Momentus 7200.2 160GB hard disk instead of the existing 5400rpm hard disk . If i upgrade then the Original OS would be of no use if it is in a separate partition in the hard disk .

    People who bought this laptop pls help
     
    intelme7, Aug 5, 2007
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    mcs6 Notebook Consultant

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    I had to same questions...but if I could just borrow a friends vista cd I could use my own key instead right?
     
    mcs6, Aug 5, 2007
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  3. LadFromWales85

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    No, the key under the laptop will work with the recovery CD, or perhaps an OEM ASUS installation disc only, not a retail or generic OEM CD.
     
    LadFromWales85, Aug 5, 2007
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  4. intelme7

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    Yes u could use i think .
     
    intelme7, Aug 5, 2007
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    lapingultah Notebook Geek

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    Loan an OEM Vista somewhere, install it and when the key fails to work call Microsoft's activation help number and explain that you have the license but you're unable to use it. They'll probably ask the number and give you a working one in turn.
     
    lapingultah, Aug 5, 2007
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    I'm intending on getting a G1S, and replacing the 5400rpm drive with a 160GB 7200.2 myself. I will be installing a generic OEM Vista Home Premium/Ultimate using the key that came with that, rather than the key on the bottom of the laptop.

    I am not sure if the recovery cd will let you install to the new hard drive, or if it expects to see partition sizes equalling those of the original drive.
     
    LadFromWales85, Aug 5, 2007
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    Will i be able to install Vista OS when i upgrade my hard disk . I ask this cos some ppl say that the Complete OS is there only in the partition of the shipped hard disk .
     
    intelme7, Aug 5, 2007
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    irablumberg Notebook Consultant

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    First, you should strongly consider the Hitachi 7k200 drive. It is 200 GB instead of 160 GB and it is much faster than the Seagate. See www.storagereview.com for the numbers.

    Second, if you get a stock G1S, purchase a USB/E-SATA external enclosure. Place your new high speed drive in this enclosure, hook it up to the G1S, get one of the many cheap or free disk cloning utilities and copy your stock drive to the new drive. This takes about 1 hour. When finished, swap the new drive into the G1S and you are done. No need to re-install, mess with Windows activations, buy new copies of Windows, load new drivers, etc.

    Ira
     
    irablumberg, Aug 5, 2007
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