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    How to upgrade hard drive in Vaio Z?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by kingofobelis, Aug 29, 2008.

  1. kingofobelis

    kingofobelis Newbie

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    I just received my Vaio Z, booted it up and everything works fine. However, I was wondering how one would go about upgrading the hdd. Currently my hdd is 200gb and I have a 320 Scorpio ready to go. I was reading this http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=274083 thread where Philflow mentioned that the basic operation was to remove the keyboard, however this is the first Vaio I have ever owned and would greatly appreciate any further elaboration.
     
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    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    it shoudl be there in the manual . right?
     
    wywern209, Aug 29, 2008
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    kingofobelis Newbie

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    Sadly, Sony opted to not make the hard drive update an easy process by not including an easy was to access the hard drive besides removing the keyboard. Also the only upgrade in the manual I saw was for the ram. Never the less thanks for your reply.
     
    kingofobelis, Aug 29, 2008
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    miki69 Notebook Evangelist

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    miki69, Aug 29, 2008
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    Thank you so much for posting that miki69 and of course IsamuX for witing it. Reps to both you and IsamuX.
     
    kingofobelis, Aug 29, 2008
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    fabryuk Notebook Enthusiast

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    Will the HDD protection work after changing the HD ? or you need specific HD
     
    fabryuk, Sep 28, 2008
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    StrongerThanAll Notebook Deity

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    yeah, im wondering the same thing..
     
    StrongerThanAll, Sep 28, 2008
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    sleey0 R.I.P. AW Side Topics

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    Yes, it will work. The HDD Protection is software based that hooks into an accelerometer built in to the laptop.
     
    sleey0, Sep 28, 2008
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