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Vaio vgn-A29GP hard disk replacement

Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by probeus, Feb 1, 2009.

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hi i have a a29gp vaio notebook and the hard drive is dead i want to replace it does anyone have an idea how to do it? it does not have a hard drive panel on back, case needs to be opened please help

probeus, Feb 1, 2009

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K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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The hard drive in your laptop is a 2.5" PATA/IDE/ATA drive.
The fastest drive made for that interface is the Samsung HM160HC. It is a 160gb 5400rpm hard drive.

Judging from the specsheet:
http://vaio-online.sony.com/prod_info/vgn-a29gp/specifications.html

Your system should be able to see all 160Gb of the harddrive

Here is my review of the Samsung drive:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=264209

You can find it for sale around $50:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10007684&prodlist=froogle

http://www.lagoom.com/Samsung_Spinpoint_M5_160GB_2_5/HM160HC/partinfo-id-578898.html

K-TRON

K-TRON, Feb 1, 2009

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