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    Removing second hard drive from a Pavilion

    Discussion in 'HP' started by gmm22, Apr 1, 2008.

  1. gmm22

    gmm22 Notebook Consultant

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    I posted a short time ago about the second hard drive turning on and off, sometimes 5 or 6 times a minute. It is driving me mad. As recommended, I tried turned the indexing off, but it still occurs. I would happlily take out the second drive to solve this problem. Is there a safe protocol for doing this? Any advice would be appreciated.
     
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  2. flipfire

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    It should be quite easy to remove, only a couple of screws.

    Check your service manual from www.hp.com

    What brand HD is it?
     
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    It's a Toshiba 160mb. I have no problems with the hardware side of things. I was more concerned about what will happen software wise once I restart.
     
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    If you only have your stuff (movies,music,documents etc.) then thats fine.

    Aslong as you have no System/OS files in it
     
    flipfire, Apr 2, 2008
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