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    m1330: Are the HDD and wireless card user upgradeable?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Ichigo, Sep 2, 2007.

  1. Ichigo

    Ichigo Notebook Evangelist

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    And would doing it be extremely hard due to the component layout?
     
    Ichigo, Sep 2, 2007
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  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    I am not too sure about the wiresless card because different model might have different sizes. But HDD is certainly upgradable!
     
    Johnny T, Sep 2, 2007
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    Yes, both are upgradable, though the hard part may be figuring out where the wireless card is located.
     
    coriolis, Sep 2, 2007
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    it's located under latch C

    here' s pic
     
    liquidplasma6, Sep 2, 2007
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    It is also shown in the manual.
     
    Jayayess1190, Sep 2, 2007
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  6. sleey0

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    Yes both are upgradeable and no it isn't hard. As a matter of fact, Dell notebooks are BY FAR the easiest to work on..... (very user-friendly)
     
    sleey0, Sep 2, 2007
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    Hmm yeah both are upgradeable and the details for finding these two in your notebook can be found quite easily from the manual......
     
    TuxDude, Sep 2, 2007
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  8. Ichigo

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    I didn't see this in the Vista clean install guide, but does the Vista CD/DVD that comes with XPS systems allow for clean installs on new hard drives? Will it create the two partitions, one with Mediadirect and everything? Or is that only for reinstalls on the same hard drive?
     
    Ichigo, Sep 2, 2007
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    The Vista Reinstall from the provided DVD will install the OS alone and not any partitions and stuff.... DELL MediaDirect can be installed after you install VISTA but the partition for the MediaDirect should be present before MediaDirect is installed or it wont work when u press that MEDIADIRECT key on ur keyboard...
     
    TuxDude, Sep 2, 2007
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    you'll have to make your own partitions, which can be done with the vista os disk, then install media direct on one partition and os on the other.
     
    liquidplasma6, Sep 2, 2007
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    Ah, so the Vista reinstall DVD won't need to detect any previously installed versions of Vista, right? This should make installing Vista on a new HDD painless, in theory. However, does the reinstall DVD install Vista with the Dell bloatware?
     
    Ichigo, Sep 3, 2007
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