Toughbook CF-W7 HDD to SSD advice/help needed please

Would it be a good idea to swap my CF-W7's 250GB SATA HDD to a SSD for better performance?

If so, can anyone tell me how to open up & remove the HDD from my W7 or has a diagram of it?

Thanks in advance for any help & advice.

 

I installed a SSD drive in my F8 for better performance, and have them in both my cf-19 and cf-30

Boot up times decreased quite a bit over the standard 5400 or 7200rpm drive and it was quite a noticable upgrade

Issue with these ssd drives is lack of space as the larger drives are quite pricey

My latest hard drive purchase was for my Alienware netbook that I seem to be using quite a lot lately
I end up using this for downloads ,so space + speed were my concerns
The drive I choose was the single platter 250GB Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid HDD
There is a review of this drive here
http://forum.notebookreview.com/har...e-momentus-xt-hybrid-hdd-w-built-4gb-ssd.html
It has the potential to have quick boot times and cost per GB is very low in comparison to ssd's

btw I sent some info to your email

 

Thanks for the service manual Alex!

 

I'm pretty impressed with the new Samsung 320GB single platter I just put in the 30. With careful setup and no XP trimming yet I'm booting in 40 seconds or less. That's with 40GB in the OS/Apps partition, and running Kaspersky IS 2011. Takes a little longer if Kaspersky needs to update. Got the drive for $49, shipped from Newegg.
CAP

 

I am having good luck with a Corsair F-Series and a Patriot Torqx. My Intel's scream as well, but they are smaller. I run the Corsair/Sandforce 128 GB and never worry about room. I simply put some stuff on my 32GB SD card.

 

Well I still can't figure out how to got the HDD bay open....

 

can you please send me the cf-w7 service manual also? many thanks..

 

Send your email address to me by Private Message & I'll email it you.

 

I beat you to it, cyrilng

 

Hi,
I'm also a Toughbook CF-W7 user. I am seeking help from Alex or cyrilng to email me ([email protected]) the service manual. As I would like to know what is the maximum HDD capacity I can upgrade to and how to open the HDD compartment.

Thank you.

 

ever since i bought my SSD, i find everything else too slow.

only thing i regret is not being able to put a decent SSD in my cf-28. frankly, those that have PATA connectors give real SSD drives a bad name. no matter, this thing still boots faster than anything i have (except for my asus notebook.)

 

Here's a video showing the steps on a CF-T8 which are similar if not the same. Not sure what is the max capacity but I think up to 512GB shouldn't be a problem but don't take my word on it though.

I'll email you the manual for CF-W7B Windows XP Pro (Feb 26‚ 2008) Part# : DFQW5115ZA. You can download other country & OS versions at Toughbook Computer Support - Manual Downloads

Edit: Sorry I've sent you the operating manuals not the service manuals. I'll have to go look for those on my PC later as I'm using my Toughbook W8 now.

 

Hi,

Can someone send me the service manual to CF-W7. The fan is making a wicked noise and needs to be replace and just can't figure out how this thing comes apart...

Any help appreciated.

Thanks!

 

@Garbagenator
Done

 

Thanks Alex!

 

Same problem here with my W7 fan... any chance you could toss over that manual to me as well, Alex?

 

On the maximum capacity question, I have a 500GB in a W7. I expect anything up to 2.0 TB would be fine. Above 2 Tb you run into the 32-bit sector count issue and would need to test it to be sure there is no BIOS nor OS problem.

Dave

 

Anyone else willing to help me out regarding the CF-W7 fan issue? I need to open the machine but have no idea where to start and how to proceed.

 

can you please send me the cf-w7 service manual also? many thanks..@@ fan [email protected]

 

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