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    HP g42-475dx upgradeable hard drive?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by babiesinbondage, Nov 22, 2011.

  1. babiesinbondage

    babiesinbondage Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a HP g42-475dx with 320GB 5200RPM hard disk. I want to swap out the hard drive from my other laptop. Its a 500GB 7200RPM. Is it compatible with my laptop?
    And if so is there any way I can move my recovery partition to the newer hard drive?
     
    babiesinbondage, Nov 22, 2011
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  2. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    Yes it will be compatible.

    Try cloning your hard drive to move the recovery partition. Acronis True Image is a tool that can do that.
     
    Phil, Nov 23, 2011
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  3. Tsunade_Hime

    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    You might want to resize partitions, otherwise you are going to have the difference as unallocated space...(I'm assuming you wanted just the recovery + main OS partition + whatever HP boot partitions there are)
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Nov 23, 2011
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