Replacing Laptop Hardware ?

foster grant · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:05

Hi

, If I have a Toshiba Laptop and I wanted to maybe upgrade the HDD I assume i wouldnt need to specifically use Toshiba parts would i ?

thanx

RJC · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:06

Nope, is the drive SATA or IDE.

foster grant · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:08

RJC said:
Nope, is the drive SATA or IDE.

No I thought not , It's someone elses lappy ...so im assuming it's a SATA HDD

thanx

inogen · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:09

Only if Toshiba have been ******* and put a hardware whitelist in the bios.

I've never seen whitelists include HDDs though.

***Please fully star out all swear words***

Bacon? · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:13

Dont think its possible or easy to replace laptop parts?

foster grant · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:15

Bacon? said:
Dont think its possible or easy to replace laptop parts?

I dunno lol....it's someone on my FB asking lol

Bacon? · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:21

Laptop HDD's are 2.5 inch for starters and i dont know what format they run on, and they are only removable if they are on the back on the laptop facing down.

RJC · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:21

Replacing pretty much all mechanical hard drives in laptops are fairly easy, ones I have worked have been.

List of drive below, be careful on the larger capacity drives.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=14&subid=896

Usually the drive is behind a cover in the base, remove this, remove old drive, install new drive, go into BIOS change boot priority and re-install the operating system.

foster grant · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:24

OK thanx

.....I'll pass that on

RJC · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:26

foster grant said:
OK thanx .....I'll pass that on

No probs,

You may want a SSD if they are not worried regards space.

foster grant · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:31

RJC said:
No probs,

You may want a SSD if they are not worried regards space.

This person wouldnt even know what an SSD is lol

RJC · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:33

foster grant said:
This person wouldnt even know what an SSD is lol

Ha ha

skylineboy · 23 Jul 2012 at 21:37

just be careful when removing the rear HDD cover as they can be fairly flimsy of not done right.

s452 · 23 Jul 2012 at 22:01

Bacon? said:
Laptop HDD's are 2.5 inch for starters and i dont know what format they run on, and they are only removable if they are on the back on the laptop facing down.

you can also remove them when they are in the laptop too, you just need to take most of the laptop apart

DanUre · 24 Jul 2012 at 12:08

Without making a new thread, I was looking to put a 128gb ssd into my laptop. But how does it work for re-installing windows? I don't have a disk as it came preinstalled.

Regardless of whether or not I upgrade to SSD I would still like to do a fresh install.

foster grant · 24 Jul 2012 at 17:17

DanUre said:
Without making a new thread, I was looking to put a 128gb ssd into my laptop. But how does it work for re-installing windows? I don't have a disk as it came preinstalled.

Regardless of whether or not I upgrade to SSD I would still like to do a fresh install.

Well than you're going to have to buy a Windows OS DVD

RJC · 24 Jul 2012 at 18:30

DanUre said:
Without making a new thread, I was looking to put a 128gb ssd into my laptop. But how does it work for re-installing windows? I don't have a disk as it came preinstalled.

Regardless of whether or not I upgrade to SSD I would still like to do a fresh install.

Download a copy from here (clicky) and install with the license code on the bottom of the laptop.

foster grant · 24 Jul 2012 at 20:45

You may also need to do some searching online for any drivers that you're going to need if you don't already have them before you re-install your OS .

Disco Boy · 24 Jul 2012 at 21:47

foster grant said:
Well than you're going to have to buy a Windows OS DVD

Nonsense, just download an iso and burn one for yourself.

foster grant · 25 Jul 2012 at 00:07

Disco Boy said:
Nonsense, just download an iso and burn one for yourself.

As long as it's legal