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    Need help with T61P HDD upgrade.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Zigot, Dec 21, 2010.

  1. Zigot

    Zigot Notebook Guru

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    Hello,

    So I just got a WD black ( model number WD500BEKT-60KA9T0 ) 500GB 7.2k to upgrade my T61P HD ( Hitachi 100 GB )

    My BIOS 2.12
    CPU T9300
    3 GB RAM
    100 GB Hitachi SATA
    WinXP Pro

    - I used Acronis True Image 2010 to clone my Hitachi to the 500GB WD on the USB dock.
    - Switch HDD
    - Restart and only got a cursor flashing at the top left corner...

    BIOS saw the HDD and running HD DX program from the BIOS : Pass: Controller Diag.
    Status seems to stay at 0% for a long time and did not seem to move up at all.

    So now I got stuck: Do I miss anything?

    Thank you very much.
     
    Zigot, Dec 21, 2010
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Just leave it alone? Sometimes Acronis will freeze up on you if your computer is slow. Do realize it is cloning the drive..
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Dec 21, 2010
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  3. Zigot

    Zigot Notebook Guru

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    The cloning is done. I got all the data/partition on the new 500 GB.
    Just when I put the new drive in, it just did not boot up.
    Thanks
     
    Zigot, Dec 21, 2010
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