SZ series hard drive protection?

I have a vgn sz450 sz and after about 13 months of light use my hard drive failed and was giving me smarddrive failure messages. I called sony support their answer to my question that I thought it was kind of early for a hard drive to fail, was "it was probably due to misuse". They told me it was not covered and for just the small fee of about $300 they would replace the hard drive if I mailed my computer back to them. I purchased my own drive and replaced it for $80.

My question is that I still get the message if I bump my computer in the system tray that hard drive protection has been activated, but is it really doing anything since I did not replace it with a stock hard drive. I used a Hitachi HTS7220202K0SA00.

I assume the protection is usually built into the actually hard drives and perhaps is not in the replacement.

Also, my drive I replaced is a 7200 rpm drive and I do notice that the keyboard seems to run a little warmer than with the old drive. Any suggestions to keep the unit cooler?

 

Check the specs of the HDD, it might have some sort of shock protection built in. I've used several replacement drives in the two SZ's I've owned and they all had shock protection built in and worked with the VAIO HDD protection util.

I used a 7200rpm for months. The palmrest did get warm but I don't think it's anything to worry about. There isn't anything above or below the HDD and nothing close enough to get dangerously hot.

Also there are cutouts in the casing below the HDD. You could remove the plastic seal that covers the bottom of the HDD to give it more air from below.

 

This is very strange, how can they say HDD failed because of misuse not even checking the drive out?

they probably just wanted to get rid of you very fast and also make some money on it.

 

Well, first you need to know what a SMART failure is (I had one... on a Medion laptop).

A SMART failure occurs when certain parameters are exceeded, say speed, temperature, etcetera.

Now - there are different ways to arrive at this error, one for example would be an "impact" - bangin your laptop while on against something by mistake.

 

I am not sure where to look to see if the Hitachi drive I listed (and installed) will work with the sz450's shock protection to protect the hard drive. In answer to pepperspray's answer, my question was not related to any antivirus scanning protection, nor did it have anything to do with an external hard drive, but thank you anyway.

Anyone know where I can look to see which drives will work with the sz450's internal shock protection?

Anyone know where I can go to find the coolest running 5400 and 7200 rpm drives that will work best inside my laptop?

Thanks