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    Hard drive upgrade to HP ZX5000

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by linkupco, Jul 27, 2010.

  1. linkupco

    linkupco Newbie

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    Is it possible to upgrade to a 250gb pata hard drive in this laptop? I'm trying to do it right now and keep having issues. I loaded the latest BIOS update but that didn't seem to help.
     
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    Can you explain the issues?
     
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    linkupco Newbie

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    First tried to clone the original drive onto the new 250gb. It wouldn't boot. Then tried to just do a fresh XP install and it blue screens everytime.
     
    linkupco, Jul 27, 2010
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    Can you re-insert the first drive to see if the computer will boot for you?
     
    cloudbyday, Jul 27, 2010
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    Boots no problem
     
    linkupco, Jul 27, 2010
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    Do you have a desktop?
     
    cloudbyday, Jul 27, 2010
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