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    hp 3d driveguard

    Discussion in 'HP' started by obsolete, Jan 24, 2010.

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    obsolete Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm looking to replace my hdd. Question is will the drop protection software that parks the drive's head work with any hdd or only specific ones?

    Thanks.
     
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    SerratedAuto Notebook Consultant

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    In my experience this has been the flakiest piece of software that HP supports. I've had problems where upgrading from Vista 32-bit to Vista 64-bit (using the OEM hard drive), the software would no longer recognize it as a supported drive, and that was using the 64-bit version of the 3D Drive guard forum.

    The software seems to have gotten a little better with Windows 7 though. My 8510p came preinstalled with a 160gb seagate, and swapped it out for a 250gb western digital and 3D drive guard works no problem.

    But again, I think it will go back to how temperamental the software is (from my experience).
     
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    obsolete Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks. I think I'll go with a 500GB Scorpio Blue. Should be plenty of space and I can use the old one as an external.
     
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