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    TZ: Swapping Hard Drive for SSD

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by salt992, Jul 27, 2008.

  1. salt992

    salt992 Notebook Guru

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    Hi i have a UK Vaio TZ31WN and i want to swap the 100gb 4200 rpm hd for a fast state solid drive. Can anyone give me a link for what type of ssd i need, i am in the UK so if you could try and give a link to where to buy one from.

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    salt992, Jul 27, 2008
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  2. KrieGLoCK

    KrieGLoCK Notebook Evangelist

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    Unless you know what you are doing, don't even attempt. Unless you plan on bringing it to a computer shop.

    I would say get the 32GB OCZ Core, it's sata II reads at about 100mb a second and writes at just about 90mb a second.

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    KrieGLoCK, Jul 27, 2008
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  3. scottyinco

    scottyinco Notebook Evangelist

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    If you want to replace the existing HDD with a SSD, a SATA drive will NOT work. You will need a ZIF socket PATA 1.8" drive. I believe Samsung makes the ones that Sony puts in at the factory.
     
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    UncleO, Jul 28, 2008
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