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    Change Hard Drive in Dell 700m?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by khakiman, Jan 8, 2005.

  1. khakiman

    khakiman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is it hard to change the HD in a Dell 700m? I was going to buy one with a 30G HD and replace it with an 80G HD.

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    khakiman, Jan 8, 2005
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    No. There is a panel on the bottom. You pop it off, take out the hard drive, put the new one in and put the new hard drive in.





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    ZaZ, Jan 9, 2005
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  3. khakiman

    khakiman Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does software come on the hard drive or can I just use dell's restore cd that comes with the notebook?

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    khakiman, Jan 9, 2005
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    cromat44 Notebook Guru

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    I would suggest putting both drives in a desktop (need adapters for that) and using norton ghost or other program to copy all the files over.
     
    cromat44, Jan 9, 2005
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