Help: New Hard Drive HP DV6910EA & cloning HARD drive?

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• HP Pavilion 15 t-n200 CTO: new hard drive Help

  Hello

  Laptop was not start at all or take 15 + minutes to start.  I did a full reset by removing the battery and was still stuck on the Hp logo.  Conducted quick system check.  All passes except Hard Drive short DST check: failed.  Failure ID: GGFFTX-7407SB-MFPV6J-60V103 product ID: F6G93AV

  Date of purchase was 08/05/2014 so out of warranty & cannot get help from support.

  I guess I need to replace the hard drive?  Is this correct? I need not recover files or data of the machine, so from own is fine.  I want to upgrade to windows 10 once I get it - the initialization of the disorder began when I tried to upgrade, then machine evolves to 8.1.

  How can I find the specifications to order a new hard drive to make sure that I get the right thing?  Currently the car is ATA & 500 GB. Machine has Intel Core i5-4200U CPU @ 1.60 GHz Machine is not a touch screen.

  Of course, I'd appreciate any help someone could pay before ordering something.  Thank you!

  Here is the Service Manual:

  Manual

  See p. 59 for hard drive replacement. Unfortunately, yours requires a bit of work to get on the hard drive, involving a removal of the top cover, but not the motherboard.

  You definitely need a new hard drive and the system will accept any 7 or 9.5 mm thickness 2.5-inch wide SATA hard drive or disk solid state drive.

  I'll assume that you are located in the United States, unless post you back and let me know if not.

  I settle down to less than a mechanical drive of 7200 RPM like this:

  http://www.Amazon.com/black-750GB-performance-mobile-drive/DP/B00DSUTX3O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&QID=1448743986&SR=8-2&keywords=7200+RPM+laptop+hard+drive

  You can also make a hybrid that has a bit of the State solid and also tops mechanical like this:

  http://www.Amazon.com/Seagate-laptop-2-5-inch-internal-ST1000LM014/DP/B00B99JUBQ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&QID=1448743986&SR=8-3&keywords=7200+RPM+laptop+hard+drive

  The best and fastest are a SSD drive like this:

  http://www.Amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-inch-internal-MZ-75E500B-am/DP/B00OBRE5UE/ref=sr_1_2?s=PC&ie=UTF8&QID=1448744072&SR=1-2&keywords=Samsung+850+Evo

  Sometimes, a video is the best way to learn and see which would involve:

  https://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=rm0m77Cm_Zk

  Post back if you need help more with transfer/relocation of software.

  If it's 'the Answer' please click on 'Accept as Solution' to help others find it.

• Image vs cloning on the new HARD drive with an operating system already installed.

  First of all, I'm NOT tech savvy.  I apologize in advance.

  After several warnings error that my hard drive was in danger of failing, I was finally able to install a new HARD drive.  Windows has had some difficulty in installing Windows 7 to new HARD drive, but I finally found a solution.  So here's my current situation.

  I have the main drive (old) (C:\) which has Windows 7 and all my data on it (it is a Seagate 1 TB HARD drive that came installed on my Dell Studio XPS 8100).  I installed a new WD Black 1 TB HARD drive and was finally able to get Windows to download on it (it reads now like two distinct? score?) E:\ and F:\) see photo.

  

  Now, my question is this...

  I want to save all my data from my old HDD and put it on my new HARD drive.  One that I have this, I would like to remove the old Windows 7 HDD and use it as "extra" space

  Make a clone of the old HARD drive to the new since I have already installed the new Windows 7 HARD disk?

  Please advise and please keep in mind that I might say things correctly and I can't understand though if the answers are on my level.  I appreciate any help!

  OK, so here is what I would do to try to avoid problems of compatibility or driver, as far as I can:
  -Turn off your system completely and unplug from the power outlet wall
  -Disconnect the old drive in your system (SATA and power cables)
  -Place the new WD Black on the main port SATA (should be labeled SATA0)
  -Turn on your system and put your OS drive you can do a completely new installation of the operating system.
  S ' ensure that you have updated all the drivers and the operating system after the installation
  -Turn off your system and plug your old drive
  -Turn on the system in the BIOS and make sure the WD Black has the priority starting on the old HDD
  -Boot into the operating system and copy all data from the start of your old disk partition that you want to keep for the WD Black
  -Go to disk management and delete the old boot partitions and the old drive system
  -The old HDD should be your secondary drive now and you can freely move files between the two disks
  N ' have in mind that due to the new copy of the OS, you must reinstall all the games and programs in order to operate because of the new system registry

  This should put you on the safe side and prevent any compatibility issue or driver which is possible during a clone or restore procedure. :)

  Captain_WD.

• Windows 7 disc to a newer hard drive cloning lose my activation?

  Hello

  I recently bought a new hard drive to upgrade my drive hard aging / slow / small running windows 7.

  I am considering the current installation using clonezilla newest hard disk cloning.

  After reading the FaQ of Activation of windows 7, it states that I'll lose activation with a change in hardware (motherboard) or if I change the hard disk and memory at the same time. I could be wrong, but I guess that if I just upgrade the HDD, I will be not necessary to reactivate windows 7. No other hardware changes apply except the hard drive.

  The question is, if I clone my partition to install windows on the most recent hard drive with clonezilla, I lose my activation? Are there other methods recommended to do?

  Thank you

  I doubt that you will find it, I don't think that it's been published, and if that were the case, she would probably quickly be taken. I don't think they want to know exactly what triggers it or how much time between activations rings the bells!

  There are many threads here with this info, and it's easy to find elsewhere. So, on pain of having that message changed:

  Every piece of hardware is a point number - if you change too many and exceed a certain amount of points, you will need to reactivate Windows. Don't know the exact number until he'll force the reactivation, but usually replace only part (other then the motherboard) doesn't require reactivation.  Information of product key, in the form of the product ID, is sent with a hash value 'material' (a non-unique number generated hardware configuration of the PC) to the Microsoft activation system during activation.

  Windows product activation checks eight different categories of equipment:

  * Processor & serial number
  * IDE adapter
  * VSN and hard drive
  * Amount of RAM range
  * Graphics card
  * Optical drive
  * SCSI adapter
  * Network adapter

  This is related to the issue:

  Product activation prevents users to change or upgrade their hardware.
  Not true at all. Users can change or upgrade their hardware. One of the forms of piracy which warns against product Activation is hard disk imaging. Not all forms of hard disk imaging are illegal. Where a pirate copy data from one PC hard drive to another to illegally run the software on two computers, Product Activation, which stops by forcing the copied software is reactivated. It does so by comparing the hardware on which it has been enabled for the hardware on which it is now initializing. If the material is significantly different, then reactivation is required. If it's the same, or similar, then the software will continue to work. Those who their PC hardware upgrade substantially may be asked to reactivate. For this reason is easy and can be completed by contacting Microsoft to obtain another confirmation ID.

  Questions about installing Windows 7?
  FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions from Installation Windows 7 & responses

• I recently installed a new disk of hard on my laptop, is there a way I can still use my OS to a new hard drive? pls help

  I recently installed a new hard drive on my laptop, and Ive had an activation problem my windows 7 OS, it says that I cannot activate my OS on this machine, is it possible that I can still use my OS to a new hard drive? pls help

  You must activate by phone and speak to a representative of activation.

  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 meet all the automatic guests) and wait for a person to help you with the activation.

  (6) explain your problem clearly to the support person.

• Received error 0xC004F063 after reinstalling Windows 7 on a new hard drive for laptop even. Help

  I have connected my pc today and noticed that my activation stated that my product key is not valid after several months of use!  I always been updated on system updates and activated the pc after reinstalling windows 7 ultimate on a new hard drive.  I receive the error 0xC004F063 of the activation process.  This indicates that the BIOS is missing a required license.  I contacted Microsoft by phone and by the representative of the India was not attentive and no help at all!

  All I want is my key is valid again so that I can continue on with the help of my pc normally.  Help, please!  I have a genuine Windows 7 Ultimate key and it has been installed on a new SSD for the same computer laptop that I use the key.

  Click Start, right click computer

  Click on properties

  Scroll down to the Windows Activation

  Click on the link change product key

  Enter the product key located on the COA sticker at the bottom of the laptop and click next to activate via the Internet.

  COA certificate of authenticity:

  http://www.Microsoft.com/howtotell/content.aspx?PG=COA

  ??

  What is the certificate of authenticity for Windows?

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/what-is-the-Windows-certificate-of-authenticity

• dv2845se, Vista, incompatible drivers, new hard drive, please help :(

  I'm fighting for a week at least. The HARD drive failed on this pc.

  So it is a pure Windows Vista 64 bit install on a new hard drive.

  It's pc to my son and he did not create recovery discs.

  I used this nvidia chipset sp36607 (evil)

  The chipset for this laptop is not listed here > HP Pavilion dv2845se Verve Entertainment Notebook PC Drivers

  I installed the drivers in this order, because I thought it was the right order. Correct me if I'm wrong.

  (1) sp36607 Chipset

  (2) graphic sp37860

  (3) sp39679 Audio (installation fails. so I used windows update to install this)

  (4) sp37859 Modem

  sp38361 5) HP Quickplay

  (6) sp38688 HP Quick Launch Buttons

  (7) sp39249 Driver WiFi

  8 (a) sp37809 Ricoh 5-1 driver card reader (I chose it because of the uncertainty and because of several apparently in conflict)

  8 (b) sp37872 Ricoh Media Card Reader driver host controller (it is on the page above)

  9 a) Alps Touchpad sp42605 the (I chose this because of the uncertainty and because of several apparently in conflict)

  9 (b) sp37855 ALPS Touchpad Pointing Device Driver (it's the one above on the page)

  (10) YouCam software sp37849

  (11) sp38081 Lightscribe

  I rebooted after each installation of driver to see if that helps.

  I have the BSOD after installing the Alps... it seems to coincide?

  Stop errors are 124 material... ram passes memtest86 + and I use a test drive Seagate tools just because I don't really know what to do at this point. I reinstalled the OS 4 or 5 times already.

  What in the world I am doing wrong? This is by far the more difficult pc for me so far.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Dawn

  ETA: HDD spent Seagate long ordeal.

  Hello:

  Sorry you have such a hard time there.

  It is possible that the motherboard is shot, but not because of what you did by installing the drivers.

  The dv2000, books of Series 6000 and 9000 with the nvidia chipset and graphics had serious problems of motherboard, and the more you use the PC - especially if they played video games on it, faster boards are dead.

  HP even had a recall several years ago on these models have replaced motherboards.

  There is another possibility, and it is one of the memory of the chip is bad.  You can remove one and see if the laptop works again.  If it's the same thing, pass the memory chips.  If it still does not work, then it is possible, that it was just time to go.

  Unplug the adapter and remove the battery before working inside the laptop.

• Need help with a new hard drive in pavillion wiring elite M9400

  Hello fellow owners HP,.

  I recently bought a 1 TB hard drive for my Pavilion Elite M9400T.  I done my share of reading about installing to a new hard drive to another former post office and know how to physically install the disk in the slot, but my question starts with the wiring.

  I have a M9400T and saw the video of the installation here in this post.  I read to the bottom when he talks about the installation of additional hard disks into the empty Bay and had questions about the son in photo 5 on the photo below. I realized that I needed a Sata cable, so I bought one today, but I wonder if I can use other cables inside the case already for power. And who will be all I have to do to get this properly installed disc? I took pictures so that it would be easier for me to ask for help.

  

  

  A and B belong to my main hard drive and I want to know if I can use D (unused but looks like B) and a Sata cable bought my 2nd hard drive. I also noticed that B is related to C, which leads to the motherboard, so I didn't know if I needed to do the same for the 2nd drive.

  

  Connectors SATA 1 and 6 are taken by my hard drive and DVD drive (I think) cannot so I just put my 2nd hard drive on one of the remaining of the caps of 2-5?

  Thanks in advance for any and all tips and suggestions.

  BTW, I I was able to install the sticks of memory 2x2gb today without any problems for a total of 6 GB today but no matter what slots? I added the 2 slots of the fan and it seems to work very well.

  SO, Yes, you can use power connector would be ' for your new hard drive.  If you look closely at the image of a ' and follow the Red wire, it runs directly on the white molex (P4) beside the PSU connector.  He doesn't have to go to the motherboard.  Is not feed all the other components.

  Message edited by old_geekster on 11/13/2009 10:50

• Windows help, bought a new hard drive, but how to get windows on it

  What I need to contact dell to obtain the installation disc, or I can download it and make my own drive for my model? I have the key of windows at the bottom of the laptop please help. Or can I use my Ctrl + F11 key with a new hard drive to restore.

  Thank you

  
  

• We had to install a new hard drive.  I installed CS5 - no problem, but cannot download and install CS6.  Can you help me?

  We had to install a new hard drive.  I installed CS5 - no problem, but cannot download and install CS6.  Can you help me?

  Hello

  You can check the above troubleshooting steps: https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/download-update-errors.html

  Let us know if this helps!

• I need to reactivate Photoshop CS4 because I have a new hard drive in a reminder for my 2.5 yr old iMac last operating system running. When you open the program, I was told to contact Adobe support and give them an error code: 150:30. Please help with per

  I need to reactivate Photoshop CS4 because I have a new hard drive in a reminder for my 2.5 yr old iMac last operating system running. When you open the program, I was told to contact Adobe support and give them an error code: 150:30. Please help with permission. ?

  You can repair it yourself. I have a screenshot guide. You use app the Mac Terminal and a python (.py) script that comes with the recovery of the license for the Mac package.

  Don't forget to leave a space after typing sudo python and note that your password will not display any points. Simply enter it blind.

  Start 11 Message and take your time. It does not work. Layout error 150:30 opening Photoshop cs4 on Macbook Pro

  Gene

• Portege R500-11Z: recovery disk to help prepare a new HARD drive

  I bought a new hard drive (SSD) for my R500-11Z and I put in an envelope with the USB cable before installation - I want to be able to format the drive and create a new copy of Windows XP before you get out of my existing hard drive.

  I'm looking for ways to use the recovery disk and it SEEMS that it should be possible... EXCEPT...

  I discovered that on the recovery disk there is an executable called recoUNPACK in the Tools folder, which should, in theory, restore the contents of the disc to the hard drive. However, because the new hard drive is plugged into my existing XP set up, he gets a folder called System Volume Information written in it. The presence of this file causes the recoUNPACK to fail. He gets, at 59%, every time, and then survey the error - System Volume Information already exists.

  Any person proposing the deletion of the folder should consider their knowledge of the XP - there is no way to do this, ask Mr. Google if you don't believe me. I also tried this with full of this folder write permissions so that, in theory, could replace recoUNPACK...

  I would be very grateful if someone knows a way of "forcing" crush the System Volume information folder or another way to 'restore' the recovery of my new hard drive disk (other that disassemble the laptop and substitute physically the disc!).

  I have reviewed various options for establishing a USB bootable drive, but as I will adapt it in my laptop I don't want running all versions of XP - so using the recovery disc supplied with my odd R500. All bootable USB I can find only programs, fat32 format, and I would stay in NTFS...

  And the reason why I want to do it this way, it is that I want to continue to use my existing hard drive until the news is ready - its supposed to be an effective way to work... but so far the time wasted, trying to restore the disks could have been better spent undoing the screws on the rear of the machine!

  Thanks in advance

  > However, because the new hard drive is plugged into my existing XP set up, he gets a folder called System Volume Information written in it. The presence of this file causes the recoUNPACK to fail. He gets, at 59%, every time and then lift the error - System Volume Information already exists

  Hmm the right path and the letter of the partition or volume entitled did you use?

  As far as I know that the command should show something like this:

  + recounpack.exe d:\imagename.tpa z: f +.

  (z: is the letter of your external USB drive and may be different in your case)

• Need help to install the new hard drive in Satellite Pro M10

  Hi all

  My hard drive died in my M10 Pro Satellite so I decided to adapt to another.
  It fits very well in the caddy, but just does not want to slot into place correctly as something seems to be stopped.
  The M10 only accepts a certain brand/model?
  Also, nobody knows this as the largest capacity M10 will accept?
  Thank you very much.

  Concerning
  J

  As much as I know should not be problem at all. Take the old and the new HARD drive and compare the connectors. I hope that they are the same. I can only imagine that the new HD is not placed correctly in the HARD drive bracket. Make sure that the new is placed as an old man after his retirement from the laptop.

  As for max capacity of HARD drive, there is no precise information and we can only speculate on this. Try to use the search option on this forum. Maybe someone already talked to upgrade the HDD on Sam/Satellite Pro M10.

  The fact is that Satellite Pro comes with 30, 40 and 60 GB hard drives. How many GB does your new HARD drive?

• HP TouchSmart 420 - 1000 t CTO: need help with the installation of windows on a new hard drive for HP TouchSmart 420-1000 t CTO (bought in 2012)

  My hard drive is failng in my computer I get the message that "the failure of hard drive" is imminent for several months now.  I did just recovery disks after I bought my computer and that you have ordered a new hard drive.

  I thought that the part of the setup of windows on a portion of the current hard disk that I need to replace.

  I want to just make sure that if I can restore the windows completely and that all programmes provided with the computer are on the recovery discs I want to do it myself - so I need to know I'm doing it correctly!

  Thank you very much.

  Kimberly

  PS I found this web page below and I want to just make sure that it applies to me:

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/product/HP-TouchSmart-420-1000-desktop-PC-series/5146292/model/5155758/d...

  This link in the post seems to apply to the situation.  If you have already completed the defined recovery disc then it should just be a matter of running the recovery disc after the new hard drive is installed.  The recovery disk set will be "restoring windows completely and all programs included with the computer".  Be aware that all other items that were installed or personal data will not be restored.  When replacing the hard drive, do not buy a disc exceeds the limit of 2 TB, such as published in the SPECS for TouchSmart 420-1000 t CTO.

• Install the new hard drive to laptop help!

  I have a windows 7 HP Pavilion dv6-6170us, with a 750 GB hard drive. I want to install a new hard drive I bought is a 1.5 TB hard drive. Now I have already that I tried to see if it is from the hard drive new larger East and I unplug the old hdd and put the new and it fits. However, I've not started because I don't know how recover/install new OS on it.

  What should I do on my previous hard disk, because I know that my old drive hard as a recovery partition. Or do some recovery disks? I have to save my data to search for instructions on how to install os or the hard drive again.

  At the bottom of the article here:

  http://support.HP.com/us-en/document/c01867418