Larger HD for my laptop?

[Guest]

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

 

[DL]

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)

 

[Patrick Keenan]

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

 

[JS]

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

 

[Jon Sherry]

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/product_photos/sabrent_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.

 

[Guest]

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/product_photos/sabrent_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

 

[Guest]

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


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