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    Satellite A135-S2386 Hard drive upgrade

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by jerry98vert, May 13, 2010.

  1. jerry98vert

    jerry98vert Newbie

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    Hi everyone, I have this Notebook and it has an 80gb 5400rpm SATA and have almost used it up. I would like to upgrade to a 7400rmp and maybe 500gb hard drive but I can't find what is the max hard drive I can add to this computer.

    Also I would need to clone the old hard drive to the new one, I have researched this a bit and it seems you have to:

    1. somehow connect the new drive to the computer thru usb
    2. format the new drive
    3. get a boot disk (either freeware or the manufactures software)
    4. do the clone part of the program
    5. take old hard drive out put the new one in

    Anything I missed on this, thanks for the answers.
     
    jerry98vert, May 13, 2010
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  2. PapaSmurf69

    PapaSmurf69 Notebook Consultant

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    There is no size limit on that model. The only limit would be if you have Windows XP you need to make sure it is SP1 or higher if the drive is larger than 137gigs in size as the original XP does not have 48bit support (XP sp1 and higher add this). Vista and Win 7 do not have this limit.
     
    PapaSmurf69, May 14, 2010
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  3. jerry98vert

    jerry98vert Newbie

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    That's great news, thanks.
     
    jerry98vert, May 17, 2010
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    1shado1 Notebook Consultant

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    You don't need a boot disk. You can install the cloning program right on the original HDD. You might also want a partitioning program to change the partition sizes of the new drive once you have it installed. I think there is a built-in partitioning program in Vista and 7, but not in XP.
     
    1shado1, May 17, 2010
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  5. PapaSmurf69

    PapaSmurf69 Notebook Consultant

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    Most of the drive manufacturer's have a free disk cloning software program you can download from their support site.
     
    PapaSmurf69, May 17, 2010
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