When we do such in my shop we use an adapter from the laptop ide interface
to a standard ide...then clone the drive onto a regular size drive. Once we
are satisfied that the system is aok we then reverse the process substituting
the new laptop drive. The whole process can take approximately two hours.
On a side note compaq sometimes does some pretty stupid things (well ok
more than sometimes) although your laptop is fairly new some of their bioses
were programed for a very limited number of acceptable hardisk geometries.
cheers,
mikel
kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> I'm looking to upgrade a Presarion 1260 4 GB HD to something more
> substantial. I haven't mucked with notebook hardware. Pricewatch
> (http://www.pricewatch.com/) gives a range of $160 - $300+ for 8+ GB
> drives. There's also the minor little issue of transferring current
> content from the existing drive.
>
> What am I looking for for compatible HW, contemporary sizes, and
> pricing? Meatspace vendors in Silicon Valley appreciated.
>
> There's an interesting link to a Kingston product, "StrataDrive", which
> does a PCMCIA transfer from old to new drive (MS Win support only).
> Anyone used this or know approximate pricing?
>
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