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    Can I change to smaller capacity HD and Restore the system ?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by alexibm, Sep 8, 2009.

  1. alexibm

    alexibm Newbie

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    Hi !

    It now appears that hard drive on my SONY VGN-CR120E laptop is broken !

    Original hard drive is has capacity: 160GB, speed: 5400rpm, interface: Serial ATA

    I found cheap 80GB that is little bit faster. Here is a link

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148444

    1) Will this HD will work with my laptop ???
    2) Would I be able to restore Vista using Restore CD's ??

    I am worried because, I don't know how restoration software will react to small capacity HD.

    Thanks !!!
     
    alexibm, Sep 8, 2009
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  2. sniper_sung

    sniper_sung Notebook Evangelist

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    At least the recovery disks worked fine for me, on my SZ48 and Z690. Just select "allocate all to C:" if the new hdd is small.
     
    sniper_sung, Sep 8, 2009
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