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    how can I change hard drive on sony with operating system on partion?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by j0hnny175, Sep 23, 2006.

  1. j0hnny175

    j0hnny175 Newbie

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    I have a sony viao and want to swap out the hard drive to a 7200 rpm hard drive,my question is I have to reformat and put the windows xp on the new drive but the operating system is on a partion the machine came this way splitting a 30 gig hard drive with all the info on the d partition. Not even sure if it can be done pripritory how do I get the information on the new hard drive? the old hard drive was made by hitachie- please don't mind my spelling so confused my hard drive is almost full and very slow but still have 15+ gigs on other patition can anyone help me out is this a common problem? :mad:
     
    j0hnny175, Sep 23, 2006
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  2. xAMDvsIntelx

    xAMDvsIntelx Notebook Deity

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    You're either going to need an external HD, HD enclosure, or a lot of CDs or DVDs.
     
    xAMDvsIntelx, Sep 23, 2006
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  3. Leshii

    Leshii Notebook Evangelist

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    you could get a 2.5" HD enclosure ($13+), put your new drive in it and transfer all the data you want to that drive. then put in the new drive into your laptop and the old drive can go into the enclosure.
     
    Leshii, Sep 23, 2006
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  4. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Norton Ghost does a great job of copying partitions...just get an external enclosure for the new drive and you'll be fine!
     
    Greg, Sep 23, 2006
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