Voodoo Envy 133 Hard Drive Replacement Question

Hi,
I have a Voodoo Envy 133 and wanted to upgrade to an SSD : http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/solid-state-drives/sata-ii/1-8--sata-ii/performance-solid-stat...
Is there any way someone from HP / Voodoo can answer if the OCZ drive will fit in the laptop and work?
Thanks,
- Sumo

You're very welcome.
You can buy a 2.5" notebook SATA II HDD from anyone.
I guess Hitachi is OK, but I would go for this one if it were me...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136856
Paul

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Hard Drive Replacement Question(s)

I have an HP Pavilion DV6 laptop. I have recently been getting multiple errors about hard drive failure. If I was to replace the Hard drive, would I need to reinstall windows 7? Also, if I was to replace the hard drive, would that solve the issue or would I still have problems? Any replies or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Hi
Do a complete extensive & quick hard drive test from BIOS by tapping F2/F10 quickly after powering on.
Wait for the results, write down 24-character failure ID.
Back up all the personal data & try creating recovery disks if not yet done.
Yes you'll have to restore or reinstall.
If you have the recovery disks with you, just reinstall from it, Otherwise clean install Windows 7 from disks and enter the product key on the back of the laptop in the COA sticker.
You can order recovery disks from HP if you're insert warranty.
If the problem was with the hard drive and you got the error for it, the error would be surely gone after the replacement.
You can get hard disk replaced from HP if covered under warranty.
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Hard drive replacement question

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822152040
Would this hard drive work in the MacBook? Is Samsung good for hard drives? Seems like a good price to me.

That will fit. The macbook will only take a 9.5mm high drive which that is.
I've had good luck with samsung drives and that is a good price.

I had to get my hard drive replaced from Apple, I lost all of my music obviously. My question is, how can I get all my music off of my iPhone onto iTunes? Since it's a new hard drive, the iPhone isn't recognizing this as it's home computer.

I had to get my hard drive replaced from Apple, I lost all of my music obviously. My question is, how can I get all my music off of my iPhone onto iTunes? Since it's a new hard drive, the iPhone isn't recognizing this as it's home computer.

You will need to use third-party software to transfer music from your phone to the iTunes Library. I recommend Phone to Mac - Pod to Mac | Macroplant.com.

HP Pavilion dv7t-4100 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC Hard Drive Replacement

Hello,
I have HP Pavilion dv7t-4100 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC and I had had hard drive issues from within warranty period. i.e. I purchase in 2010 and had a hard drive replaced in 2011 and again in 2012. Next time it failed in 2013 (almost 11 months apart on an average).
Last time when it failed, the warranty had expired so I thought of giving it a few try e.g. running thru bad sector fixing/writing-off softwares from seagate, Toshiba....this got me out of Smart Drive Error.
I have been using the HDD for sometime now but want to be prepared for the next round and I'm sure it'll be gone for good the next time.
Current HDD is 640GB, 7200 RPM Hardrive (replaced in 2012). HP Part# 621046-001.
When replacing, can I use ANY 640GB hard drive? Can I use a hard drive that is larger than 640 GB? Different RPM?
Any suggestions about hard drive?
The recovery discs I had received with the replacement drive did not work correctly. I had to use the first set I had created right after I purchased the laptop.
Thank you.
--Pratik Patel
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Hi Pratik Patel
According to product manual:
Your system supports SATA 9.5mm or 12.5mm , 2.5" HDDs
supports upto 2 hard drives
supports SSD too.
Single hard drive configurations supported:
250GB, 320GB, 500GB @7200RPM @9.5mm
640GB @5400RPM @9.5mm
750GB, 1TB @5400RPM @12.5mm
160GB SSD
If you want dual hard drive configurations, please click following link (user manual):
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02666747.pdf
But, there is not hard fast rules that only 5400rpm can be used instead of 7200rpm, which was used to replace your earlier hdd.
hope this has helped you.
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I just had my hard drive replaced and restored everything from a Time Machine external hard drive backup and now my "note" widgets won't load. Any ideas ?

I just had my hard drive replaced. I restored it using a Time Machine backup on an external hard drive. When I open Dashboard none of my "note" widgets will load. The other widgets open, such as weather, weather radar, calculater, dictionary, stock... Even the iPhoto Mini widget works, just not the notes ( Sticky Notes and K-Notes ). Any ideas on how to fix this ?

I did some research and found the solution to my problem. So I hope it's okay to answer my own question.
When you reinstall the OS, your Preferences go back to their default settings. Apparently Preferences is where this widget information is stored. This Preferences folder is located in the user Library folder which is hidden by default. You can access it using "one, or the other" of the following actions.
Action 1:      (1) In the Finder, choose Go > Go To Folder
                     (2) In the Go To Folder dialog, type ~/Library
                     (3) Click Go
                                                      -- OR --
Action 2:     Hold down the option (alt) key when using the Go menu. The Library folder is listed just                            below the Home folder.
After opening the Preferences folder, the file that you want to locate for k-notes is named
widget-com.rakoth.lichlord.widget.k-notes.plist
After you locate it make note of the byte size of the file. Now, with the Preferences folder still open, open Time Machine and go back in time until you see a big jump in the file size. That will be your uncorrupted plist. Restore it and close Time Machine.
Then Restart your computer.
After following this procedure I brought up Dashboard and my blank k-notes were now refilled with the previous text and color that occupied them before I had to restore the OS.
This procedure also worked for Sticky notes, which in the Preference folder are named
widget-com.apple.widget.stickies.plist

1TB seagate hard drive replacement - SSD instead?

My 2009 27" iMac qualifies for the hard drive replacement programme, as I received the email from Apple and checked using their serial number submission page that mine does indeed qualify.
I was already considering upgrading to an SSD, so now I have questions...
Can I pay extra to have them fit an Apple certified SSD instead of the 1TB replacement drive?
Can I pay extra and have them replace the 1TB but also fit an Apple certified SSD as the boot drive, giving me a second internal hard drive which is the replaced 1TB hard drive? I was going to open up my iMac to see if the bracket and connections are there for a second hard drive, I have heard that they may not be present and that you also have to get a special hard drive (with an Apple factory-fitted temperature sensor) for some models, not sure if mine would be one of those models. If I ask Apple, they might do the fitting for free at least.
I have Lion currently installed, I have Mountain Lion too (which I got with my MacBook Pro). They are on USB flash drives. If I decide to send my iMac for the replacement, should I install the original OS that the iMac came with or Mountain Lion?
What liability do Apple or an authorised service centre have as far as damage to my iMac goes? We all know that these models had a problem with the screen backing causing a shadow, mine is not so bad but it is obviously there if I fill the screen with grey. If they make this worse, can I take it back and demand that they fix it? Will they be able to fix this at the same time that they replace the hard drive? It is something I was going to look at doing myself - try to secure the screen backing, after the standard two year warranty had expired (EU), which I think it now has. What if they scratch the casing or something else like that? I keep all of my Apple products in pristine condition, I will notice any scratches and be deeply annoyed by them.
With all of this in mind, I'm half-tempted to just ignore the recall and do the SSD upgrade myself, try to fix the screen backing at the same time, what do you people think? The nearest Apple Store to me is over 100 miles away, I would have to go to a local authorised reseller / service shop. I should probably give them a call and ask a few of my questions to them, but wanted to get an idea of what you guys knew or thought too.

I'm pretty sure that Apple will not authorize any work other than replacing the 1 TB Seagate drive. You will not be able to pay extra for any additional work. Your choses are to have the drive replaced under the terms of the replacement program or pay out of pocket for the work you want to have done. I had my Seagate 1TB drive replaced on site by calling AppleCare.

Imac hard drive replacement

Incredibly my rarely used 2011 Imac Hard Drive is toast. I saw they have a replacement program but even though it is way too soon for a hard drive OF QUALITY to be going out so soon as mine - mine is not included in the replacement program.
Which I have a problem with - how odd it is that they had enough trouble with these computers/hard drives to do a replacement program but mine which did the same thing, expired way too soon isn't covered. I've not had use of the computer for 4 months while I tried to fix the problem so it lasted a little over a year.
Anyway I need to know what to do to try to replace it myself as i haven't the funds to take it to Apple for repair. Plus, Apple Computers and me are history I will never buy another after spending over $1200 for a computer that's nothing more than a very large paperweight right now.
How do I know what size and all that?
I may not be able to afford even that so more than likely this is going to be a very nice looking worthless computer going to the landfill.

I Am leaning more toward Kappy's comments, based on your attitude and comments, but I will ask some questions and add some useful comments as I am in a somewhat charitable mood.
Do you still have AppleCare on this iMac?
From your rather blunt comments I assume no, but have to ask anyhow.
This is why I recommend purchasing and registering for 3- year extended AppleCare.
Because of the nature of the newer iMac designs, hardware failure seems more likely or commonplace occurrence. I believe it's more of a excessive heat related issue than anything else despite what Apple has qualified as "normal" operating temps for these iMac models.
Check out the iFixit home site and search for iMac disassembly or tear/take down. Or search for iMac hard drive replacement on the site.
Another option is for you to purchase an external FireWire 400/800 drive as your new boot drive.
Running your iMac from a FW800 drive will be about as fast as running it from the iMac's Internal drive.
If you can afford it get as large a drive as you can afford.
And just for your info, while hard drives can last for years without issue they will go bad, eventually.
Some drives crash and burn faster than others. Especiallly true of the notebook style drives that Apple installs into the newer design iMac. With hard drives, the question is not if they will fail, but when will they fail.
If you had all of your data backed up to an extra, external drive or optical discs to begin with, you wouldn't be so upset about your internal drive dying as your data still would've been intact on another drive or discs in the first place.
I Always advocate for having some sort of backup strategy for your important data in the event of hardware or hard drive storage failure.

Problems with S400 Hard Drive replacement

Hello Lenovo!
I'm new here so please bare with me.
A little about me: I have been in IT support for over 25 years, both hardware and software side.
I recently purchased a Lenovo ideapad S400 Touch and I am enjoying it. The one issue I have with this computer is that the hard drive is not a solid state. I happen to have a spare solid state drive earmarked for this laptop so off I went to upgrade it.
The plan was to simply replace the hard drive with the solid state and reimage the drive with a factory restore USB key.
These are the issues I am encountering:
1. Lenovo support recommends a windows recovery USB key which does not contain an image of the OS, it is only useful for recovering windows or installing a wim.
2. One Key does not create a bootable backup, nor a wim file, it relies on a hidden special onekey hidden partition created by special software that lenovo does not offer (to my knowledge) and I have not find a workaround.
It's just a hard drive replacement, any assistance would be much appriciated.
Thanks.
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Hi frosted,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
I believe these guide from neokenchi's post will help.
These are migration options,
Option 1:
1. Insert the original HDD and create a recovery drive (you will need a 16GB flashdrive or higher)
2. Remove the HDD and insert the SSD drive and boot from the recovery drive by pressing F12 to reset the preloaded OS (with softwares and drivers).
Option 2:
1. Use Aomei Partition Assistant Home Edition or EaseUS Disk Copy Home Edition to clone the HDD to the SSD. (Freeware)
2. Use a migration tool like Paragon Migrate OS to SSD (requires a license)
Best regards
Solid Cruver
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X120e hard drive replacement

Well my X120e is ordered, obviously have a little bit to wait lol so I have been investigating the hard drive replacement I will likely get.
Essentially I have narrowed it down to two choices:
1. Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB 7200 RPM - $74.99
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136692
2. Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive 500GB 7200 RPM + 4GB SSD - $119.99
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148591
(Also considering the 320GB version of both of these, drops the price difference to $35.)
The price isn't the end of the world but obviously I would only want to spend the cash on the seagate if it is actually worth it. I have a few questions.
1. Is the SSD on the seagate actually quick, or is it more of a gimmick? Will it give me speed improvements given that it is only running on a 3.0 GB/s connection rather than the 6.0 that most modern SSD's are running on?
2. I have heard that people are having issues with the seagate hybrids, anyone have any experience with this?
3. One of the most important things to me would be improving boot time, which of these drives is going to give me a noticeable improvement in that? If there is a difference at all.
4. General question about replacing the hard drive: Lenovo has optimized windows for improved boot time on their computers (thinkpad experience or something like that??), is there anyway to preserve this after replacing the hard drive?
5. Any general thoughts you have on the two drives above, or hard drive replacements in general!
Thanks! Can't wait to get my thinkpad.

Yeah, that's what I was hearing about the hybrid drive having some issues. Though I don't have any first hand experience.
The Hybrid Drives gain performance boost when the data is sitting in the SSD portion (such as when you restart an OS, the startup for the second and further times would be shorter cause by that time it's using the SSD portion of the hybrid drive).
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=5818&review=ssd+vs+hard+drive Has both the WD Scorpio Black and Seagate Momentus XT in tests.
Seems the Seagate Momentus outperforms the WD Scorpio Black consistently in multiple tests... Just that hybrid drive issue.... Something to ponder about.
3.0 GB/s is SATA II while 6.0 GB/s is SATA III which just started coming out. Supposedly the power saving features of laptops start getting in the way of 200+ MB/s SSD's performance, so SATA 3.0GB/s would be more than enough (since SATA III SSD are in the 500+ MB/s)
According to the benchmark, Momentus XT has a faster boot time.
If you make a Factory Recovery disc from the standard HDD that came in your Lenovo X120e, you can use that to install onto your new HDD to get the 'benefits' that Lenovo has added to the Windows 7 partition. This will require a cd/dvd drive unless there's a way to put the recovery onto the USB. You can only make one rescue and recovery disc, so the second partition which is to store the rescue and recovery data can be deleted and merged into your main partition after you finish installing the OS and setting it up.
The thing I'm concerned with is how Windows 7 handles that SSD in the Seagate Hybrid... If it tries to defrag it, then that's a nono cause it will do unnecessary writing to the SSD that doesn't benefit the SSD at all. Unsure if you'll need to do an 'upgrade' install on top of the lenovo OS rescue and recovery partition to have Windows 7 set up correctly for SSD usage. You should look into any information about how windows 7 handles hybrid drives (since windows 7 turns off certain services if it recognizes SSD).
G'luck!
P.S. If the SSD portion of Seagate Hybrid acts like any other SSD and accepts TRIM command, you should probalby install the latest AMD SATA controller or revert to Microsoft AHCI controller for passing of TRIM command from Windows 7.
For a compilation of most X120e issues:
Compilation of Lenovo X120e issues and solutions

HT1338 I have an I Mac from 2006 and I recently had the hard drive replace and now I'm trying to connect my HP Offiejet J5750 and it does not work.

I have an I Mac from 2006 and I recently had the hard drive replaced and I'm trying to connect my HP Officejet J5750 and I'm having trouble doing so. Please advise.

Hey chukrking,
Thanks for the question, and welcome to Apple Support Communities.
The following article provides relevant troubleshooting information for your issue:
Troubleshooting printer issues in OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3147
USB printers and Bonjour-enabled network printers
Follow these steps until the issue is addressed:
1. Make sure that the printer is powered on, has ink / toner, and that there are no alerts on the printer’s control panel. Note: If you cannot clear an alert on the printer's control panel, stop here and check the printer's documentation or contact the manufacturer for support.
2. Ensure the printer is properly connected to a USB port on the Mac or AirPort base station / Time Capsule. If the printer is a network-capable printer, make sure that it is properly connected to your home network.
3. Use Software Update to find and install the latest available updates. If an update is installed, see if the issue persists.
4. Open the Print & Scan pane or Print & Fax (Snow Leopard) pane in System Preferences.
5. Delete the affected printer, then add the printer again.
If the issue persists, try these additional steps:
1. Reset the printing system, then add the printer again.
2. If the issue still persists, reset the printing system again. Download and install your printer's drivers. Then, add the printer again.
3. Contact the printer vendor or visit their website for further assistance.
Thanks,
Matt M.

What is the best hard drive replacement for a first generation mac mini 1.25 mhz 40gb hard drive 1gb ram year 2005

What is the best hard drive replacement for a first generation mac mini 1.25 40 gb hard drive 1 gb ram year 2005?

You posted this same question 24 hours ago, which has a reply. Did you have questions on that answer or did you want further discussion? You could reply to that thread, there's no need to start a new thread.

Hello, can someone help me: my eMac G4 700 MHz. I can not boot it. If he starts appears on the screen, only a small "folder with a question mark." The Mac was not used 1 year. Question 1: Problem = hard drive? Question 2: Problem = PRAM battery? the What

Hello, can someone help me: my eMac G4 700 MHz. I can not boot it. If he starts appears on the screen, only a small "folder with a question mark." The Mac was not used 1 year.
Question 1: Problem = hard drive?
Question 2: Problem = PRAM battery?
the
What can I do to boot?

Restart with the Option key held down.
If the internal drive shows up, it's the PRAM battery.
If it doesn't, insert a compatible Mac OS 9 or X install disk, click the button with the circular arrow, and either repair the internal drive or install a new OS on it. If it doesn't show up in Disk First Aid(9) or the Disk Utility(X), it's either not plugged in or needs to be replaced.
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Preloaded Hard drive Replacement?

My university is authorized to do Lenovo ThinkPad repairs, so I just dropped off my laptop (T61) to see if the hard drive is failing. They said that they could reimage the hard drive if that is what needs replaced, but I was just wondering:
Will the hard drive have everything that came preloaded with it in the first place?
I can't remember if there were disks in the box or not (and they're back home--while I'm at uni).
Has anyone else had to get a hard drive replaced?
Thanks
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Welcome to the forum!
If your univesity's repair shop is indeed authorized by Lenovo, they should have the proper restore disks, and your laptop should come back with the exact same pre-load as it had originally left the factory with, no questions asked.
Hope this helps.
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Time machine won't back up since I have restored from time machine following hard drive replacement. I am being told there is not enough space, however the back up is less than the hard drive size

We recently had the hard drive replaced on our Mac as part of Apple's replacement programme. Prior to sending it off for repair we did a final Time Machine back up, which was completed successfully. SInce getting the computer back we restored everything from the backup disk using Time Machine, which all worked fine, however now we are having problems with it completing regular backups. We receive a message each time telling up that the backup disk doesn't have enough space on it. It is telling us that it needs in the region of 370gb and only has around 30gb available. The computer hard drive is in the region of 350gb and the hard drive is a 400gb one. It is almost as if it is not recognising that the data already on the disk is the back up of this computer and is trying to complete a completely separate back up as opposed to just updating the backup already on the disk.
Has anyone else got any experience of this and therefore could give me some hints on what to do. I am reluctant to wipe the backup drive and start again, however I would prefer not to have to buy another hard drive if I can avoid it as this one is technically big enough
I look forward to getting some responses

Hi, I never use TM myself.
Have you looked through Pondini's extensive TM help site?
http://Pondini.org/TM/FAQ.html
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
Can't imaging something not being covered there.
PS. It's generally recommended a TM drive be at least twice the size of your main drive.

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