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• change hard drive in HP laptop g72 failed to retrieve

  Please help me

  I changed my hard drive and installed a 1 terabyte western digital drive with win 7 recovery disk installation 1 hp g72 in the dvd player, I restart and it seems fine disc format hard checkde and checks the files loadind and arrive at 31% and just stands at 31% and does not let him all night and he did not move I rebooted the prosess with the same results, is the notebook with a full format and it times out?

  thare is a way to have a quick format done, any help is welcome.

  Thank you

  chag62

  Hey Paul

  I have fixed, HP said that because I installed a hard drive bigger that the laptop came from the factory with the system disk is not word (suspicious) so I just gave up on HP, I'll never buy anything from hp!

  but the microphone has been a great help to get the corrected product code number.

  Thanks for your help, it was a bright light in a forest dark.

  The best for you and your family

  Chris

• Change HARD drive on a laptop computer brand new - is warranty still valid?

  Just ordered a new HP envy 17-J008eo laptop for bikes.

  I want to chage the harddrive provided on a SSD hard drive and now I wonder about the Finland HP warranty policy, Europe - should it be cancelled if I change the HARD drive? (planning on ordering extended 3 year warranty as well)

  Hello

  According to my understanding, that you do not want to install SSD drive on the Unit came while the SDS disc is not covered by the HP warranty & if you need to service your unit, you may need to install the Orginal drive which as well as unity.

• Change the HARD drive in the laptop Satellite P10-304

  I bought a new hard drive for my laptop toshiba satellite sp10, can someone tell me were the hard drive is in the laptop, so I can change it as it does not tell you in the instructions booklet
  Thank you
  jm75uk

  Hello

  For some portable models change HARD drive is very simple and not complicated. Change the HARD drive in your case will be not so easy, and in my opinion, you should contact the service partner. I don't know how old is your laptop, and if the warranty is still valid, but as Tobi said if you open the Briefcase with laptop computer on your own, you can lose the warranty.

  I don't know, but the HARD drive should be placed somewhere under keyboard because on this model there is no coverage of HARD drive in the lower corner.

  Good bye

• After changing hard drives on my Toshiba laptop, won't activate Windows Vista.

  I have two laptops Toshiba Satellite, I bought new. Due to hardware failures, I changed the hard drive of a laptop in the other. Everything works fine, but now the Panel / System states that I have two days until automatic activation. He also said whenever I try the option activate the invalid product key! The Microsoft product Authenticity sticker is more readable on the laptop where the hard drive was born. In question operating system is Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Help, please!

  original title: activation problem?

  You can buy a full license of Windows 7 and install it, but make sure that your computer meets the Windows 7 system requirements

  You need a qualification license Windows to upgrade; you don't when you moved the hard drive.

  You don't say what the problem is with the hard drive of the laptop you are trying to install this hard drive Vista preinstalled from the other laptop in.

  If you bought them at the same time, two thay have Vista Home Premium on them?

  Why not use this laptop you try to go there and his original hard drive, if still OK.

  If its hard drive is not OK > you can then put this "non-genuine" hard drive in it > reinstall the correct version of Vista that is pre-installed on the notebook computer > then purchase an upgrade to Windows 7 If you wanted to.

  One of the posters put this Information in place in the Forums:

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-windows_install/FAQ-common-Windows-7-installation-questions/6719ae72-7187-45CD-80f7-55e66f3ec686

  And most importantly make sure that Toshiba has Windows 7 drivers available for your model laptop activate Windows 7 works correctly.

  See you soon.

• Re: M100 change HARD drive

  Hello

  I have an 'old' Portege M100 and I suspect a broken HARD drive. The laptop freeze suddenly and sometimes crash with a blue screen. Most of the time it will not start at all. I managed to reinstall XP with my recovery CD twice, without change.
  I would like to change the HARD drive, but I read somewhere that the BIOS is actually on the HARD drive itself. Is this true? If so, how can I swap the HARD drive then? I also fear that changing the HARD drive will make inoperative recovery CD?

  Don't want to lose the M100 ;)

  THX,

  Kris

  Hello

  As mentioned, the BIOS is stored on the ROM chip which is part of the motherboard.
  To update the BIOS ROM module must be flashed.

  The other thing is that the replacement of the HARD disk is not really complicated.
  To my knowledge, you need the 2.5 IDE HARD drive.
  Bay drive HARD bottom of the unit and it s fixed with screws.
  If you remove the cover of the HARD drive Bay, you can easily remove the internal HARD disk.

  In some cases, it s in the cradle and you need remove the extra screws (2 on each side) so of to withdraw his support.

  See you soon

• Can I change hard drive with an SSD in Toshiba NB100?

  Can I change hard drive with an SSD in Toshiba NB100?
  The hard drive in this model is the same size as SSD 2.5 drive "?

  Hello

  As far as I know the laptop supports the disk HARD 2.5 SATA.
  I think you could use a SATA SSD drive. Usually some SSDS require the firmware update but this should be provided by the manufacturers of SSD drives.

• Satellite L635 change HARD drive

  Hello

  I would like to change the hard drive of my laptop. So I use the recovery DVD to install the system on the HARD drive. Everything seems OK but after a while I have an error message when starting services:
  "Windows cannot end up installation. To install Windows on this computer restart the Setup program. ».
  And I'm in a recurring process at this stage.

  Thank you for your help.

  It is really strange. I have installed many times recovery image, but I've never seen this message.

  Can you please do a pic and post it?
  What HARD drive is now inside?

• I put a new hard drive in my laptop and when I installed Windows Vista I get this message: "windows cannot configure windows to run on this hardware of computers."

  I put a new hard drive in my laptop and when I install Vista I get this message: "windows cannot configure windows to run on this hardware of computers."  I can't install an oem on a new hard drive version?  This is the portable original in all other respects.

  original title: new hard drive and vista

  Hello

  strange that you can request that

  HP computers have been known to not let you install Vista on a non HP bought replacement hard drive

  There were a few posters with this problem here

  If the OEM disc for this particular laptop, you should be able to reinstall it as many times as you want as long as you have not changed the main material (the motherboard)

  You can change the hard drives, RAM, etc.

  I presume that you boot from the Vista DVD

• Change hard drive - how do I reinstall Windows copy on the old drive?

  I intend to change my old hard drive to the laptop with a new one. Windows Vista comes with the old drive, how can I move to the new? Copy + paste does not work completely. Thank you!

  Hello

  There are different ways to do

  hard drive manufacturers will normally provide the cloning software to move your operating system installed from the old to the new hard disk

  Search for information on this subject on their Web site

  If you have vista business or ultimate, you can use the builtin vista complete PC Backup to move

  read the information below

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial145.html

  or if you have vista home version you'll need 3rd party software

  link below is an example of this:

  http://www.Acronis.com/homecomputing/products/TrueImage/index.html

  also to put your machine how you bought:

  1. that vista is preinstalled, you should have a recovery on your old hard drive partition

  You can recovery disks to reinstall on your new hard drive

  ask the manufacturer of the machine how

  2. contact the computer manufacturer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

  they do it for a nominal cost of $

  3. or borrow a microsoft dvd vista

  Make sure that you borrow the correct 32-bit or 64-bit microsoft dvd to your computer

  they contain all versions of vista

  This is the product key that determines which version of vista is installed

  http://www.theeldergeek.com/Vista/vista_clean_installation.html

  Save all data, because it will be lost, do the above

• Copy an old hard drive for Compaq laptop.

  I have a Compaq Armada 7380DMT with a noisy (noise that feels like the dentist worn forest is in your head) drive hard 4gig. I want to copy it to a disk good 6gig, with diagnostic partition.

  What utility actually * operation * so that when I install the new drive it starts in ye olde Windows 95 b instead of saying 'Missing Operating system '?

  I tried Paragon Drive Copy 9 Pro with the copy of defining raw partition and Dubaron DiskImage. Or copied the disc correctly so it could start on partition 2, but he could start on the diagnostic partition if I held F10.

  The diagnostic partition is FAT16 with a very bare Windows 3.1 on it, with the Compaq utility as shell instead of program manager program. The other partitions are a primary FAT32 and an extended with a logical partition to FAT32 partition.

  The PC that I have to do the copy with host is a laptop computer running 32 bit Vista Ultimate SP1 and a couple of USB adapters IDE laptop.

  PS, I was do this kind of things computer since nearly 27 years and still have not seen all "fun and interesting" ways to complicate the life of a tech computer companies have set up!

  I couldn't find any disk copy utility that could copy all partitions AND create the thing correctly. Here's what I figure out to make it work.

  1. with the original disc in, press F10 when booting to access the diagnostic partition. Use the options to make the diagnostic and installation floppies.

  2. make a startup with Windows 95 disk, then make a copy on C:\ of MSDOS. SYS and change the name to MSDOS. BAK

  3. right click MS-DOS. BAK, click Poperties and uncheck the box system, hidden and read-only. Copy MSDOS. BAK on the startup disk.

  4. install the new VIRGIN hard drive and start with the diagnostic disk. It will take you through the implementation of a diagnostic partition and install the configuration files / Compaq PC diagnosis.

  5. Insert the startup disk and restart. Use FDISK to create partitions. PARTITION 2 MARK AS ACTIVE. It is 2. TWO. Not 1!

  6. Restart then FORMAT C:/s so the file system will be installed. To format all the others that you have created.

  7 A:\>attrib c:\msdos.sys s h - r

  8 A:\>copy msdos.bak c:\msdos.sys

  9 A:\>attrib msdos.sys + s + h + r

  10. remove the disc, connect it and the old drive to another PC by any means. USB > IDE adapters will work.

  11. on the old disk, use Explorer to go to the volume, which Windows 95 is installed.

  12. you need NOT hide all files and to display the name of Windows file extensions.

  13. press Ctrl a to select all files.

  14 hold CTRL and click on IO COMMAND.COM. SYS AND MSDOS. SYS to deselect them.

  15 drag with the RIGHT button of the mouse on the new drive, release and click on copy.

  16. when it's done copying, stop and then install the new hard drive in the laptop. Start up and you should be to the old windows on a new drive.

  This process works even to switch to Windows 95 and 98 on a new disc using the Win 9 x computer is running. You must move the page file to the root of C:, or to another drive is not in the Windows folder. Format the new drive with the /s switch and when you copy everything, deselect MSDOS. SYS, so it will copy the basic version FORMAT installed.

  It took me a lot of research to find the last disk of Compaq PC Diagnostics making SoftPaq to the Armada 7300 series, because HP does not have it on the downloads page for the driver of the laptop. This is the version 10.40 a, sp16085 number ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp16001-16500/ here the version removes the diagnostic partition configuration option. 10.39 version has, sp12906, keeps the installation program. It's here. FTP://FTP.HP.com/pub/SoftPaq/sp12501-13000/

  I found these SoftPaq numbers on this page. http://Priede.BF.Lu.lv/FTP/pub/OS/Datori/Compaq/Armada_4150/utility/sp16085.html

  Victory over HP trying to prevent people from getting the last partition Diagnostic utilities! Download page of the Setup disk that SoftPaq is listed on the Armada 7300 series.

• I built a computer by using the hard drive of my laptop which has windows 7 Home premium on it and I get messages to activate windows

  Recently, I built a computer, but I get messages from windows activation; I used the hard drive of my laptop which had windows 7 Home premium top and I never had any problems with it. Can anyone help?

  Original title: validation of Windows

  >to be filled by O.E.M. power O.E.M. American Megatrends Inc.. 1101

  Based on your report, you seemed to have changed the motherboard.

  The OEM of Windows 7 versions are identical to the versions commercial full license with the following exception:

  -OEM versions don't offer any free direct support from Microsoft technical support Microsoft

  -OEM Licenses are tied to the computer first you install and activate it on

  -OEM versions allow all hardware upgrades except for an upgrade to a different model motherboard

  -OEM versions does not move directly from an older Windows operating system

  You can try the phone activation, there is no guarantee:

  How to activate Windows 7 manually (activate by phone)
   
  1) click Start and in the search for box type: slui.exe 4
   
  (2) press the ENTER"" key.
   
  (3) select your "country" in the list.
   
  (4) choose the option "activate phone".
   
  (5) stay on the phone (do not select/press all options) and wait for a person to help you with the activation.
   
  (6) explain your problem clearly to the support person.
   
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us

• HP Pavilion dv7 - 3188cl: can I use an external hard drive with my laptop computer?

  Hello

  Can I use an external hard drive from 1 to 2 to my laptop? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

  Hi @ptr1959w!

  Yes, you can use an external hard drive on your laptop - just connect via one of the USB ports on your machine, partition and format it in disk management, and you should be ready to go. Here is an article with the steps you can follow to do this:

  http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?ID=ou7o9Q

  Hope this helps, and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

  See you soon!

• My computer motherboard laptop disappeared. Connected my hard drive to another laptop but still, no data is found, nor my hard drives are detectable? Very depressing and need the data. Help, please

  My laptop broke down (motherboard, Gone) and is not repairable. The technician took my hard MovieFrame and there is a very important document that I need very badly. I bought a proper case and connected my hard drive to another laptop but unfortunately no data can be found, nor my hard drives are detectable? I am very depressed and need the data. Please helllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllppppppp

  Hi Adel Bushager,

  I suggest you contact the store local tech or the manufacturer of the system to help with recovery of data from the hard drive.

  Hope this information is useful.

• I have wiped inadverntly windows xp from my hard drive of pavilion laptop

  I buy a spare hard drive for my laptop dv1000 pavilion.  What I have to buy a windows xp home edition to install on my laptop or is it possible to download on my laptop of the grace of the internet IE, at the time when I bought my laptop dv1000 the home edition of windows xp is already installed on my computer.

  Hello

  As you have received the operating system preinstalled from HP, I suggest you contact HP support and see if they can provide you with the Windows XP operating system disk.
  Check out this link to contact HP support:

  http://h30434.www3.HP.com/

  Hope the above information is helpful.