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Larger HD for my laptop?
Greetings.
I have a Sony laptop. PCG-K13 laptop. The internal 30GB hard disk is getting full. I could use an external drive, but those are hard to balance on your lap. There's probably a way to move an image of my hard disk to a new, larger internal drive, then swap the new internal drive into my machine. I don't know how to do that, though. Please advise. What kind of registration problems should I expect with registered applications? Thanks in advance. Tim |
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Larger HD for my laptop?
It can be done with True Image, and an external case to use in the process.
Allways providing you are willing to take the laptop apart to swap the hd. I had no Activation requirements last time I did this (WinXP & Office2003) "Sensitive New Age Thug" wrote in message ... Greetings. I have a Sony laptop. PCG-K13 laptop. The internal 30GB hard disk is getting full. I could use an external drive, but those are hard to balance on your lap. There's probably a way to move an image of my hard disk to a new, larger internal drive, then swap the new internal drive into my machine. I don't know how to do that, though. Please advise. What kind of registration problems should I expect with registered applications? Thanks in advance. Tim |
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"Sensitive New Age Thug"
wrote in message ... Greetings. I have a Sony laptop. PCG-K13 laptop. The internal 30GB hard disk is getting full. I could use an external drive, but those are hard to balance on your lap. There's probably a way to move an image of my hard disk to a new, larger internal drive, then swap the new internal drive into my machine. I don't know how to do that, though. Please advise. What kind of registration problems should I expect with registered applications? Thanks in advance. Tim Most cloning applications will create an image while expanding the partition to fill a larger disk. This isn't quite the same as imaging, where the image is exactly the same size. If you download the free Acronis TrueImage trial version (about 100 meg or so), you can install it to your hard disk, attach the new drive via a USB2 connector or drive case (do NOT use USB1, as it is much too slow), and tell TrueImage to clone, in *manual* mode. If you use automatic mode, you may not have the option to use the full size of the new hard disk. www.acronis.com This process usually takes under an hour. Be *sure* that the battery is fully charge and that the power adapter is plugged in, that power saving features are disabled, so that the laptop cannot shut down during the cloning process. If possible, plug it into a UPS to ensure that power drops won't affect it. You may wish to clear out the temp folders and browser caches first, but that's just to save time. Once the cloning is complete, you can simply physically swap the drives, and uninstall the True Image trial - or purchase it, as it's an excellent tool. You're done. Using this method, you will have no problems with registered applications - and you'll be back at work in a short time. HTH -pk |
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Just to add to Patrick's and DL's advice ....
Once you have installed the new drive and have successfully booted to Windows, don't do anything with your old drive just yet. Make certain that everything runs the way you expected it to and there are no issues or problems, in short the copy or cloning operation was 100% successful and your laptop operates rock solid for at least a month. Then you might consider using the old drive in the USB enclosure as a place for storing backups using True Image. JS "Sensitive New Age Thug" wrote in message ... Greetings. I have a Sony laptop. PCG-K13 laptop. The internal 30GB hard disk is getting full. I could use an external drive, but those are hard to balance on your lap. There's probably a way to move an image of my hard disk to a new, larger internal drive, then swap the new internal drive into my machine. I don't know how to do that, though. Please advise. What kind of registration problems should I expect with registered applications? Thanks in advance. Tim |
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A cheaper and simpler approach, is to go out to your local computer store
and buy a pair of adapters to convert your laptop hard drives to standard IDE. It looks like a copper hair brush with a power cord hanging off. Example: http://www.thetechgeek.com/images/pr...t_appide23.gif The adapter has distinct advantages over using a USB enclosure. Its smaller, less expensive, and can be easily tucked away if you don't need them again for a while. Then you can connect your laptop drives to a standard PC and use the disk prep software from the drive manufacturer, such as Maxtor's Maxblast, to prep the new drive and clone your existing drive over. "Sensitive New Age Thug" wrote in message ... Greetings. I have a Sony laptop. PCG-K13 laptop. The internal 30GB hard disk is getting full. I could use an external drive, but those are hard to balance on your lap. There's probably a way to move an image of my hard disk to a new, larger internal drive, then swap the new internal drive into my machine. I don't know how to do that, though. Please advise. What kind of registration problems should I expect with registered applications? Thanks in advance. Tim |
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"Jon Sherry" wrote: A cheaper and simpler approach, is to go out to your local computer store and buy a pair of adapters to convert your laptop hard drives to standard IDE. It looks like a copper hair brush with a power cord hanging off. Example: http://www.thetechgeek.com/images/pr...t_appide23.gif The adapter has distinct advantages over using a USB enclosure. Its smaller, less expensive, and can be easily tucked away if you don't need them again for a while. Excellent! Tim |
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Larger HD for my laptop?
It is highly likely that there is a larger (internal) harddrive available for your Sony Laptop. If you use an external drive, then your read / write times will be much slower than the internal device. In the end, the extra bucks you spend on an upgrade that is "exactly suited" for your "Sony Laptop" will save you time, money and headaches..... - db "Sensitive New Age Thug" wrote in message ... Greetings. I have a Sony laptop. PCG-K13 laptop. The internal 30GB hard disk is getting full. I could use an external drive, but those are hard to balance on your lap. There's probably a way to move an image of my hard disk to a new, larger internal drive, then swap the new internal drive into my machine. I don't know how to do that, though. Please advise. What kind of registration problems should I expect with registered applications? Thanks in advance. Tim |
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