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    Hard Drive upgrade for my VGN SZ330P/B

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by webbdawg, Jan 10, 2009.

  1. webbdawg

    webbdawg Newbie

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    I am looking at one of the 7200rpm 320gb drives from either Hitachi, Fijitsu, Seagate and Western Digital.

    Sony says the systems are not designed to be upgraded (by the end user). I guess they want only overpriced tech to do it. I have already popped my system apart and put it back together so I know how to do it. I have been building and repairing my own PC since 1990 so I am not afraid to do this. I would hate to buy the drive and find out that the BIOS will not support it.

    Has anyone had any issues with Hard Drive upgrades on the SZ 330p/b model??

    Thanks
    Dave
     
    webbdawg, Jan 10, 2009
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  2. jesse6749

    jesse6749 Notebook Deity

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    I installed a 200Gig 7200RPM Seagate drive on my SZ330P and it worked just fine, you should have no problems with the 320Gig either.
     
    jesse6749, Jan 11, 2009
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    jdbrookes Notebook Evangelist

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    About a month ago I updated my SZ3VP from the 120Gb 5,400RPM drive to this 320Gb WD 7,200RPM drive. Used the guide here just to be sure. Worked great, and I now have 3 partitions on my VAIO: first one for Vista, second one for Data, and third for Wndows 7. I used Shadowprotect Desktop to make an image of the old drive and to move to the new drive. Happy out, and the speed improvement is noticeable.
     
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