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    Upgrading hard drive on a HP nc6000

    Discussion in 'HP' started by mo17, Dec 7, 2004.

  1. mo17

    mo17 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a few questions about upgrading the hard drive on my HP nc6000 Where is the hard drive located? How do I remove the hard drive once I find it? What hard drive would you recommend? Do I need to buy a kit to transfer the data from the old hard drive to the new?
    Thanks for your inputs.

    mo
     
    mo17, Dec 7, 2004
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  2. Donsell

    Donsell Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    This site has the service manual for your notebook. It should give you all the information you need to upgrade your hard drive.

    http://fileshare.eshop.bg/index.php?what=search2&searchstring=compaq++Presario

    Do a search on hard drives in the forums and you'll find quite a few recommendations.

    There is an adapeter you can use to attach notebook drives to desktop machines. You can use it to transfer data. I would recommend Norton Ghost to create a drive image from your laptop to a desktop then replace the hard drive and do a resore of the image. Ghost is so useful you'll use it much more than you will the notebook IDE adapter.

    Good Luck

     
    Donsell, Dec 8, 2004
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