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    sz650n/c hard drive upgrade

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by mikewh, Jan 27, 2008.

  1. mikewh

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    I took the plunge and purchased a larger Hard drive from:

    http://www.drivesolutions.com/cgi-b...ems&kind=sol&pos=0&type=itemid&itemid=sol2191

    I also purchased the apicorn upgade kit which worked flawlessly in copying the current partitions and upgrading the main partition to the larger capacity. I purchased the 250 gb drive. There are also faster 7200 drives.

    I then followed these excellent step by step instructions:

    http://laptoplogic.com/resources/detail.php?id=43

    There is one comment I would like to make for the last step of removal of the hard drive. I had to remove the case screw in the lower left corner in order to "flex" the case for the hard drive removal. Upon removal of the SATA connector work it slowly and the tape on the bottom of the connector looks like packing tape (very strong) which makes the removal slower. In the last step of SATA removal I have read a previous post of a "ripped" ribbon on another website. It did not happen to me but be careful. It was very easy and straight forward.

    Good luck. It is well worth having more "gb" to spare.

    MW
     
    mikewh, Jan 27, 2008
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