I've narrowed down the drives that I'm considering for an upgrade to a Sony VAIO VGN BX760 laptop. Amazon's current prices are as follows:
Western Digital 320 GB Scorpio Black - $72.44
Western Digital 640 GB Scorpio Blue - $79.99
The benefits of the Blue are additional size; the benefits of the Black is speed. Are there other benefits if installed in the BX-760 of either one (and I'm assuming that both will function in this laptop...please correct me if I'm wrong!)?
Also, I've never swapped drives and I have no idea how to do it however I'm going to purchase an external drive enclosure and thought that I would first use it with the new drive, copy the existing drive, remove/replace and the computer would boot up. Am I being to simplistic (and optimistic) and if so, what is the procedure to properly replace a disc drive?
Many thanks in advance!
David
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That should work just fine. As long as you use a drive image program it should be as simple as you describe. What drive image program do you intend to use?
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Any and all suggestions (as well as your previous feedback) is appreciated!!! -
Like Acronis or Norton Ghost. There are also free ones out there. Just google. -
Take the best from both worlds (capacity & speed) = Hitachi Travelstar 7K500 500GB 7200rpm
(the forum's favorite so far)
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That said, the 7K500 is in my cart -
Good choice, Hitachi 7k500 is the fastest notebook hard drive currently available.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-2.5-mobile-hard-drive-charts/PCMark-Vantage,1115.html -
7K500! Get it! Its the best.. can't wait for mine.. once i can find a cheap 500GB version in UK..
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Don't image the old drive. Do a clean install. Best way to clean the registry = delete.
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Well, there is nothing special to booting a new hard drive: install new hard drive, place OS disc in tray and boot. Might have to go into bios (usually press F2 at boot) and change the boot order to DVD Rom --> Drive C ---> etc.
In your situation a cloned drive may be better.
But, you could try e-mailing Sony's tech support. OR you could take this opportunity to upgrade your OS. If you buy the hard drive or any computer component you also can grab an OEM Windows 7 disk pretty cheaply. NewEgg.com or ZipZoomFly.com would be good places to check out for OEM copies. -
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I agree with the fresh install.
But if OP wants to image the drive then use Drive Image XML
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
Free and simple to use drive image program. -
Western Digital 320 GB Scorpio Black vs Western Digital 640 GB Scorpio Blue
Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by dyusem, Apr 25, 2010.