Cheapest place to get new hard drive

When buying a new hard drive for my power book G4, where is the cheapest place to do it?
Also the cheapest way to have it installed?
The apple store would cost $500 to $600 they said.
I do NOT want to pay that.
SS

I installed a new HD on an iBook once and it wasn't that bad. Lots of screws to keep track off, I recomend drawing a diagram on a large piece of paper and placing the screws on it so you remember, and also make sure you have ample time.
http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/53.0.0.html
tons of info here, if you want to tackle it yourself. Othwise, get one of those really tiny external drives
tim

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Hp 6310y can't get new hard drive to load windows 7

model 6310y -- Windows 7 home premium 64 bit
My desktop PC stopped working. I took it to local computer store and they said it was HD. I bought new hard drive and tried to install retail Windows 7 home premium 64 bit OS. I got an error message Code 0x80070002.
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I called HP support....this time was told that the retail version of Windows 7 OS should have worked and that I didn't need the HP brand recovery discs when installing new replacement HD. They offered me to pay $199 and send them my desktop to fix it....all inclusive fix.
Very confused. I have never encountered anything like this before...I've had mulitple hard drives die over the years and have replaced them myself and installed all the software including OS myself w/o any problems like this.
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Not sure if its a bad motherboard or built in video card ..... not sure how to find out either....since I can't get the PC up and running
It will boot to blue HP screen & most of time won't allow me to get into f10, f9 or esc screens.
Not sure if its worth paying $200 to fix this or go and buy a new one for around the same price.
any suggestions or help is appreciated
thanks
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1) A retail OS should have worked. That particular motherboard's NVidia Sata controller chip had a bad batch. You need to make sure the hard drive is recognized in the BIOS. If not, nothing can be done.
2) Their brand of recovery disks was wrong, and was acknowledged. What about your $17 ??
If you had either a retail OS, or the recovery Disks that you made, these are acceptable.
The HP version when used with a new hard drive require conditioning "CyberLink Recovery Discs utility resolves an issue where Recovery Discs sent from HP do not work on a new hard drive".
Here's the list:
FAILED series computer with M2N78LA boards
That series motherboard was installed in many different models of HP computers. It is fraught with problems.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware/m8530f-desktop-PC-with-a-m2n78-la-mother-board-doesn-....
Here are the reported models with M2N78LA boards that have failed. This is not the complete list.
a4316f
e9140f
p5210y
p6130y
p6142p
p6157c
p6210f (Voilet)
p6210y
p6214c
p6310y
p6320y
a6720y
m8530f
m9120y
m9350f
m9517c
m9530f
m9840sc
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Problem after getting new hard drive

Okay, don’t laugh but I think I am using Photoshop elements 1 and yes it works on windows 7. The systems information does say something about version 6.1 service pack 1. Anyhow it has worked great for no more than I do.
Last week I had to get a new hard drive. Supposedly everything was “ghosted” over from the old to the new.
Now my elements work well until I try to save the edited image. I then get “Could not save as "C:\...\SANYO4b.jpg" because of a program error”.
I uninstalled and reinstalled. Same thing. I searched Google for over an hour and the only thing I came up with to try was to change all my scratch disks to C.
Still no luck. Any ideas?

“If you right click on the Photoshop elements 1 shortcut and choose Run as Administrator, does the saving work?” YES!
Back to this “Permissions” Issue.
when I right click on c drive and go to
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list folder contents
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Could this be the problem and if so should I let those warnings about dire consequences stop me?

How do I get my music libraries realigned after getting new hard drive?

I got a new hard drive for my laptop and it is working fine. I had backed up my ITunes music from my old hard drive. I put it in the My Documents\Music\...
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Best place to get replacement hard drive?

Looking to replace the dead hard drive in my ipod.
Looking for NEW 20 gig or up drive.
I am in Canada and would like to buy local if possible.
Where is a good place to buy new drives for these units?

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http://www.dttservice.com/macbookprounibody.html
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Where do I get new Hard Drive???

I currently have 160gb but would like to upgrade, I have read my system can only handle up to 500gb. I can not seem to find anywhere to buy it so that I can add it myself? is ultimately the price will be the determining factor
What is the story with external hard drives? pro's and con's?
This is my first posting, am new to mac's but LOVING them! :):)
Thanks for any help in advance
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Where is the best place to get my hard drive upgraded?

I called the Apple store and they said they do not upgrade hard drives and suggested, Frys, Best Buy, etc. Where have some of you done it?

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My hard drive crashed on my MacBook Pro crashed and I need to get my CS5 up and running on the new hard drive. I copied what I could onto an external hard drive but when I drag and drop I get directions to uninstall but the uninstall folder I have does sa

my hard drive crashed on my MacBook Pro crashed and I need to get my CS5 up and running on the new hard drive. I copied what I could onto an external hard drive but when I drag and drop I get directions to uninstall but the uninstall folder I have does says it is an alias that is no longer present. I get error 6. I would like to get my software up and running on the laptop again please

If you subscribed to iTunes match the songs are kept in icloud. If you didn't but you did save the actual iTunes library folder which should include the music, video, etc. you should be able to just drag this file back to your machine in the same place and when you open iTunes it will give you a chance to identify the iTunes library folder.
You can test this to find out if you saved the media files or not and don't need to attach your nano to do it.
You are correct that once you connect the nano it will clear the existing files from it and sync it with the new iTunes library.
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Installed new hard drive ran hp recovery disc's- get error code

I am reinstalling xp on a new hard drive and I get this message stop: 0x0000007b?
reinstalling xp and I get this message stop: 0x0000007b (oxf9e53524,0xc0000034,0x00000000,0x0000… It is on an hp dv5000 running windows xp professional! I have an old hard drive and it still works but since it says failure is innement I decided to get a new hard drive and when I used the recovery disc's on the new hard drive, i got the message above!
The weird thing is that I can put my old hard drive back into the laptop and it works fine but still about to fail! I also have an xp disc that my friend had so CAN I use it instead and would it fix my problem or not? The disc says this on it!
operating system cd microsoft windows xp home sp2 (contains software and drivers already installed. for software reinstallation and repair only)
(Please note: the software on this cd is already installed. store in a safe place and refer to your user documentation if you need to reinstall or repair your system software. for distribution with new hp or compaq pc)
ok there is only one disc and it is black and white ! Is this an actual windows xp disc that can be used on any hp that has had xp on it or what?
can I just install this cd and start from scratch or is it the same as my recovery discs?
I dont know how to boot into the menu and all that stuff so please be detailed if you can help me! I really appreciate any help! thanks

No, recovery discs are particular to each PC make and model.
I would try cloning the old hard drive to the new one using this software
http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm
Clone How to
http://www.todo-backup.com/products/features/disk-clone-guide.htm
You can order recovery media here
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00810334&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en
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http://www.computersurgeons.com/Default.aspx

I have recently restored everything on my iMac after getting a new hard drive. When i try to use Elements, i get the following error code ERROR 150:30. Any ideas?

I have recently restored everything on my iMac after getting a new hard drive. When i try to use Elements, i get the following error code ERROR 150:30. Any ideas?

Did you use migration assistant to copy over programs, documents, and settings? You can't do that with PSE. Elements is not a tidy package in accordance with the apple developer guidelines. The installer strews stuff all of your hard drive in place the migration assistant isn't programmed to look and you can never hope to find all h the bits. You must always install PSE from scratch on a new machine. By attempting to copy it you have made a lot of trouble for yourself.
You will need to download and run this:
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I have a G5 with a brand new hard drive,when I try and install the os I get a panic we are hanging error. What can I do to load the os

I Get a panic we are hanging error when trying to install the os on a new hard drive on a G5

Yes, the hard drive needs to be formatted and OS X must then be installed.
Drive Partition and Format
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
7. Quit Disk Utility and return to the installer. Proceed with the OS X installation.
It's only a lost cause when nothing else works.

I need to replace my laptop Hard drive. How do I get my iTunes off the old hard drive to an external so I can put it back on the new hard drive?

I need to replace my laptop Hard drive. How do I get my iTunes off the old hard drive to an external so I can put it back on the new hard drive?

Type move itunes library into the google serach bar.
It has always been very basic to always maintain abackup copy of your computer. Do you not have a backup copy?

PC hard drive died and I have replaced it. Need to import the music on my iPod, but get a message that it's synced with another library (old hard drive). How do I import the music onto new hard drive? Senuti's just for macs.No old hard drive to copy.

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See this older thread from another forum member Zevoneer on different ways to copy music from your iPod back to your PC.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2417169?start=0&tstart=0
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