The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    CF 73 harddrive swap

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by monjoh, Aug 28, 2009.

  1. monjoh

    monjoh Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hello,
    I'm new to this forum.
    I just purchased a third CF 73 but this one came without a harddrive.
    I thought I could just take the harddrive out of my other unit and start up the recently purchased one.
    This appears not the case,
    I will get a blue screen with a very fast message, then it will reboot, over and over again stating that the drive is corrupted or not configured.
    Yet when I place it back in the other unit, it works fine.
    Any suggestions?
    Or should I just purchase a new harddrive and seperate caddy and staart fresh?
    Any sources?
    Thx,
    John M.
     
    monjoh, Aug 28, 2009
    #1
  2. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

    Reputations:
    1,116
    Messages:
    3,389
    Likes Received:
    29
    Trophy Points:
    116
    Windoze KNOWS...

    Windows monitors for changes in hardware every time it boots; a different processor, different memory size, different video chipset - any of these can cause it to go into shutdown with BSOD.

    I'd try a fresh install on a different HDD; but I would use my known good HDD caddy - both because it's known good, but also to prevent buying an expensive caddy for a machine that COULD have other issues.

    mnem
    Chocolate sauce would be yummy on that...
     
    mnementh, Aug 28, 2009
    #2
  3. Alex

    Alex Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    4,081
    Messages:
    4,293
    Likes Received:
    10
    Trophy Points:
    106
    As mnementh reports, too many hardware differences to work properly
    Lots of changes between the mk#s on the cf-73

    Ebay for a caddy
    From about $70 to $90 or Heartland Services
    All of the cf-73's use a standard 2.5 " ide hard drive


    Alex
     
    Alex, Aug 28, 2009
    #3
  4. Toughbook

    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

    Reputations:
    1,267
    Messages:
    7,361
    Likes Received:
    370
    Trophy Points:
    251
    Fresh instalation on a new/used hard drive. XP & the Toughbook need the proper drivers. There are tons of threads about how to install the OS and then drivers.
     
    Toughbook, Aug 28, 2009
    #4