HD replacement for DELL Vostro 200

[RJK]

Hi, any tips on replacing 500gb hard disk in Dell Vostro would be muchly
appreciated.

i.e. is it okay to replace it with a different brand - something like a
Seagate 500gb - i.e. a hard-disk that's going to last a lot longer than
Samsungs' 12 months+1 day !

(The owner thinks that this "Vostro" system is about 13 months old).
i.e. one would want to image the entire hd onto a new one so that all
partitions are replicated - so that Dells' destructive and non-destructive
restore/s still work ? !

It has a Samsung 500gb hd in it, which went flaky a couple of months ago,
and a month or so before that it managed again to lose it's MBR.

...so here it is on my spare bench again, hoping that Spinrite 6, in 'Recover
unreadable data' mode, can save the day yet again, (Spinrite 6 has been
scouring through Drive 0, Item 4 (487,455mb's), .oO on the first "dot," for
the past 10 or 20 minutes ! ...oooh! it just took off from 353mb's, and
whizzed along, (leaving 3 "blocks" [indicating 'processed']), and has
started "scouring" again at 1853 ...1854 mb's ...1858 and still struggling
!.

Anyhow, ...will it cause any problems in replicating the Dell / Vista
installation onto a diff. brand but, same size hd, (with regard to
destructive, and non-destructive "restores"), if the system detects a
different make and model of hard-disk ?

Here's hoping that a mirror-imaged drive will do the job ?

....any tips appreciated.

regards, Richard

(...much more used to working on PC's that have been built using quality
components, than this DELL type of thing ! )

 

[VanguardLH]

Hi, any tips on replacing 500gb hard disk in Dell Vostro would be muchly
appreciated.
...

You degenerate into a "pile of CRAP" rant in your later posts (and
reposts and reposts and reposts) in the windowsxp.general group, and
about Vista which obviously is NOT the topic of that group. You don't
deserve any help.

Turn off your computer and sell it off at eBay or Craigslist. You'll be
much happier.

 

[M.I.5¾]

Hi, any tips on replacing 500gb hard disk in Dell Vostro would be muchly
appreciated.

i.e. is it okay to replace it with a different brand - something like a
Seagate 500gb - i.e. a hard-disk that's going to last a lot longer than
Samsungs' 12 months+1 day !

(The owner thinks that this "Vostro" system is about 13 months old).
i.e. one would want to image the entire hd onto a new one so that all
partitions are replicated - so that Dells' destructive and non-destructive
restore/s still work ? !

It has a Samsung 500gb hd in it, which went flaky a couple of months ago,
and a month or so before that it managed again to lose it's MBR.

..so here it is on my spare bench again, hoping that Spinrite 6, in
'Recover unreadable data' mode, can save the day yet again, (Spinrite 6
has been scouring through Drive 0, Item 4 (487,455mb's), .oO on the first
"dot," for the past 10 or 20 minutes ! ...oooh! it just took off from
353mb's, and whizzed along, (leaving 3 "blocks" [indicating 'processed']),
and has started "scouring" again at 1853 ...1854 mb's ...1858 and still
struggling !.

Anyhow, ...will it cause any problems in replicating the Dell / Vista
installation onto a diff. brand but, same size hd, (with regard to
destructive, and non-destructive "restores"), if the system detects a
different make and model of hard-disk ?

Here's hoping that a mirror-imaged drive will do the job ?

...any tips appreciated.

regards, Richard

(...much more used to working on PC's that have been built using quality
components, than this DELL type of thing ! )

Can I suggest that you post from somewhere other than your bathroom because
it is causing a terrible echo.

To answer your question: you can use almost any brand of disc. I don't know
where Dell source their discs from but they do seem to have a disgracefully
short life. This applies to their optical drives as well.

 

[RJK]

Can I suggest that you post from somewhere other than your bathroom
because it is causing a terrible echo.

To answer your question: you can use almost any brand of disc. I don't
know where Dell source their discs from but they do seem to have a
disgracefully short life. This applies to their optical drives as well.

....sorry haven't got the hang of Google GUI NG's yet

regards, Richard