Has anyone ever installed a new hardrive on a sony vaio laptop
 

Hi I have to install a new harddrive on a sony vaio PCG-fx101, has anyone undertaken this got any hints or tips?

Many thanks
Andy

Re: Has anyone ever installed a new hardrive on a sony vaio laptop
 

I installed one on a PCG-fc209k, fairly straightforward process.

I have a website with some useful information so i'll try to find it for you...

Re: Has anyone ever installed a new hardrive on a sony vaio laptop
 

Most laptop hardware changes are fairly simple (if they are possible) as they are modular and the items clip in and out.

Re: Has anyone ever installed a new hardrive on a sony vaio laptop
 

Thanks guys, have done many laptop upgrades etc.. just never on a Sony vaio.. the website would be great, though monkeybreath as details liek this seem to be hard to get hold off...

Re: Has anyone ever installed a new hardrive on a sony vaio laptop
 

I don't know about the sony - but on this laptop (dell inspiron 5100) - all I had to do was undo 2 screws - take the old hdd out and pop the new one in (i had a spare hdd holder caddy thing)..

BUT

the old hdd had some diagnostic stuff on it in a hidden partition. I don't know if the sony does on it's hdd. It wasn't a problem on here as I can run the same stuff from one of the cd's i got with my laptop - but it's something else to think about.