Question, My laptop was sitting on a magnet the other day and now i can hear that the Hard is skiping, can i just put a new Hardrive in?
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Yes you can, you can buy a new SLIM HDD laptop drive and change it yourself, carefully and remember that by doing that you are probably voiding your warranty
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You need an incredibly strong magnet dragging past the platters of a hard drive to effect it. Magnets that you can pull off of a steel plate with your bare hands dont hurt computers anymore, thats a floppy disk era problem. -Your friendly neighborhood Sysadmin.
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I would solder it back on. Any computer repair service probably has the right equipment (a solder iron) and could do it in a couple of minutes.
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Please note that this particular laptop model is old now. MSI offers newer versions, but I don't know about the new laptops' capabilities of having hard drive additions or replacements. Most laptops including this one don't work that way. There is a connector in the drive bay (actually a depression) that the sata connector on the hard disk directly connects to. Mine shipped with the second drive caddy, or holder, in place in that depression. Other laptops have a connector on the caddy, or drive holding frame, that the hard drive directly connects to. Then the caddy plugs into the sata connector on the bay or depression. With many there are one or more screws to keep the drive from disconnecting.
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Yes thats likely. If you still want to try for yourself open it, and check if burn marks are present. Also if there's a battery inside replace it then unplug the hard drive and plug it back in. Its been a while since I've done this so my details may be off a bit. But I would do this to be sure if it doesn't void warranty. Good luck
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well you need to unscrew the case to get to the drive so no way i can think of. you could eject it, unplug it, open it up, and put in a new one. would take you a few minuets to do but its possible.
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yes I had a couple small issues, and just last week the hard drive crashed. I'm told that Toshiba hard drives are not the best. I gave the computer to my tech to research a better hard drive. Otherwise I like the computer overall.
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yes, undo 4 screws and add a stick of laptop memory. there are videos on youtube how to do it. very simple.
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Did you back your original operating system to flash drive. The manual for this laptop had you doing this in case of hard drive failure or changing the hard drive.
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If the drive being replaced and the new one are both IED types, you should have no problem. I don't know what kind of computer you are using, but I had no problem with a Toshiba and an HP lap top. Be sure to use the original operating system software that came with you computer. I replaced drives in two computers in December and January.
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Hi, are you using the same insert/caddy that was originally in your laptop? The hard drive won't work unless you are using the correct/original caddy. Hope this helps!
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It is a pain to change. You must remove the bottom. There are 8 or so screws and they are not the same size. Then you turn it over and pry it apart being very careful not to break the three ribbons {keyboard, power button, and touch pad} Then you must disconnect the ribbons to replace the battery. Hard drive replacement requires removal of a few more screws . If the battery dies and you can't replace it your self you might just want to toss it.
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Yes, you should be able to remove the hard drive from the laptop, hook it up to this gadget, and then connect it to another computer through a USB port. It will show up as a drive. It worked pretty slick on my crashed computer hard drive. The only problem I had was when I tried one of the plug in options {the one that looked most familiar to me} and it didn't work. Lord knows why there are two choices, there are no directions. The second one worked perfectly.
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You are very likely out of luck! I had a similar problem when I got a new hard drive and contacted the company for help but never got an answer. They are very likely out of business. So what I did was download a program called Chord Pickout. It's not quite as feature rich but it does the job
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try plugging it back to where it worked well. that's for checking if your hard drive is still good.
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As long as the drive isn't damaged. I just recently transferred a ton of files from a broken laptop's SATA HDD. It should work perfectly. See my review on the order with which to connect everything. Basically, connect the power block to an outlet, connect the power cable to the drive, connect the SATA (or IDE) to the drive, turn on the power block and let the drive spin up for a few seconds, then plug the USB into the computer. Open the drive and start copying/moving files.
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I found out that computer doesn't put out enough power, so I bought the usb power booster cord. My laptop recognizes that there is some sort of storage device there but doesn't actually allow me to open it up. I tried using the hdd with the $17 usb power booster on my desktop also and the same thing happens.So if you want this hard drive don't count on the USB booster cable to help you.This is the booster cable I speak of ---> http://www.wdc.com/en/products/accessories.asp?ProdID=170