topic Change HDD Festplatte?? in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/change-hdd-festplatte/m-p/91702#M101290 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hello.<BR /><BR />i have a vgn-a215z<BR />with original hdd 60gb ibm travelstar 4200 rpm<BR />the only thing good about that drive is the buffer size. it has 8MB (like the current available drives).<BR />but it ist soooo slow. and too small.<BR /><BR />is there any problem with changing the drive?<BR />i want to built in a hitachi (ibm) with 100gb and 7200 rpm and 8MB buffer.<BR /><BR />is that a problem?<BR /><BR />what work has to be done? new windows ...<BR /><BR />is that drive compatible with that vaio?<BR /><BR />who has done such a change in his own?<BR /><BR />thank you and excuse me for my bad english if it is <BR /><BR />:smileyblush:<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:20:41 GMT wilysc33 2006-01-08T17:20:41Z Change HDD Festplatte?? https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/change-hdd-festplatte/m-p/91702#M101290 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hello.<BR /><BR />i have a vgn-a215z<BR />with original hdd 60gb ibm travelstar 4200 rpm<BR />the only thing good about that drive is the buffer size. it has 8MB (like the current available drives).<BR />but it ist soooo slow. and too small.<BR /><BR />is there any problem with changing the drive?<BR />i want to built in a hitachi (ibm) with 100gb and 7200 rpm and 8MB buffer.<BR /><BR />is that a problem?<BR /><BR />what work has to be done? new windows ...<BR /><BR />is that drive compatible with that vaio?<BR /><BR />who has done such a change in his own?<BR /><BR />thank you and excuse me for my bad english if it is <BR /><BR />:smileyblush:<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:20:41 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/change-hdd-festplatte/m-p/91702#M101290 wilysc33 2006-01-08T17:20:41Z Re: Change HDD Festplatte?? https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/change-hdd-festplatte/m-p/91705#M101291 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><BR />what work has to be done? new windows ...<BR /><BR />is that drive compatible with that vaio?<BR /><BR />who has done such a change in his own?<BR /><BR />thank you and excuse me for my bad english if it is <BR /><BR />:smileyblush:<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />Hi,<BR /><BR />Your English is fine.<BR /><BR />Windows will work fine but obviously you will have to reinstall on the new HDD (recovery disks will work Ok).<BR /><BR />The drive will be compatible with your Vaio as long as it is physically the same dimensions.<BR /><BR />Yes I did this, I replaced a 30Gb 4,200 drive with a 40Gb 5,400 drive a couple of years ago on a GRX. 7200 were not available then and if they were they cost too much <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.it/html/@8A5BDCECEE2E5AB683F2BDAA500F2036/images/smilies/035.png" alt=":slight_frown:" title=":slight_frown:" /> <BR /><BR />Putting the new 7,200 rpm drive in your Vaio will be the best speed upgrade you can carry out on your laptop.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 08 Jan 2006 17:41:31 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/change-hdd-festplatte/m-p/91705#M101291 William 2006-01-08T17:41:31Z