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    Lenovo T500 HDD change.

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jasonr1988, Feb 16, 2009.

  1. jasonr1988

    jasonr1988 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Do I have to fiddle with the BIOS?
    I have Vista 64 bit Premium, and a 7200 RPM WD (which you all said is compatible).
    Do I have to make any changes to the BIOS before swapping the HDD's?
    Or do I just throw it in and itll auto detect, install vista and im g2g?
     
    jasonr1988, Feb 16, 2009
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Just throw it in.

    It'll be fine.
     
    namaiki, Feb 16, 2009
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  3. jasonr1988

    jasonr1988 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks.

    By the way, your avatar is filled with win ^_^
     
    jasonr1988, Feb 16, 2009
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    jonlumpkin NBR Transmogrifier

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    You shouldn't have any trouble.

    The BIOS switch (set SATA to compatibility mode) is only required if installing XP without a slipstreamed SATA driver. With Vista you shouldn't have any trouble.
     
    jonlumpkin, Feb 16, 2009
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