my toshiba p755-s5278 hard drive died. if i replace it with a new one can i use my restore dvds to get back to using it?
353873
Hi, yes you can do thats, I reinstall with two (recovery Dvd) Dvd and work ok!
353874
Yes,put new HD in laptop,put DVD in the laptop too,boot with dvd,they will recover everything.
807854
This decice should do the trick for you, as long as the old hard drive is not damaged
2275022
I am not quite sure since this was for my son and he used it. I said Used it because just last week when he turned it on he was asked to format it. We took it to a computer store to get it looked at and they said it was no data on the drive to recover. It had a bad sector and won't work. So we are in the process to see what we should do now. Soooo upset since we had just bought this November 26, 2011. Sorry that I could not help you.
2103565
Yes. Just make sure the old drive is SATA. Remember to format it to windows file system NTSF if using windows.
2172815
yes, and when it's time to restore, you just boot to the resovery CD and it recovers everything to point in time, everything. So, if your hard drive goes dead, you just plug in a new one and boot to recovery and off you go. If you get a new PC you can recover just your data to the new PC. I think the premium version even allows you to do total restores to dissimilar hardware. BTW I just went to the site, there is a presales chat that will answer anything
2104565
Nope. Mine still works and it's about 2 years 3 months old now. I've only replaced the hard drive because I smacked the keyboard when I lost playing a game that caused a disk crash. Other then that, it's still as robust as day ONE! Go Toshiba!
803031
NOT from this seller - I checked both serial numbers on Seagates Warranty Validation page and see "The product you identified was sold as a system component. Please contact your place of purchase for service."I have a failed drive, and no response from the seller - can't send it back to Seagate.. uh oh.
1677459
Can be retrofitted for Windows 7, but check the warranty first. Don't know about the hard drive.
511933
Doubt it. They don't really do that anymore, and it's not listed under the "What's in the box" section. More likely it comes with a restore partition.
486261
The short answer is yes. If you're able to "see" the dead laptop HD when you plug into the USB port of the new laptop then it just as simple as transferring from one drive to another on a partitioned HD
380660
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
1287942
Yes If you are replacing a hard drive just remove the old hard drive and put the new one in the caddy there might be screws you would have to remove and put back in.
1678760
It depends on what failed on the HDD. If it is the PCB you can buy another of the same model HDD, making sure the label states it uses the same (or sometimes very close revision of) firmware, then swap the PCB from the working drive to the dead one. If it is the motor or actuator arm that failed and IF it uses only one platter, you can send it off to a data recovery service and they can buy the same drive as mentioned above, remove the platter from the dead HDD and put it in the new one, or if it has multiple platters they can read one platter at a time and reconstruct the data. If it is the platter itself, the data is usually unrecoverable. Based on the basic nature of your question I suspect any recovery is beyond your abilities, that a "dead" HDD will be no more recoverable than you can resurrect a dead person. Sorry to state this but that is why making backups is so important.
2268186
Exchange the drive for a new one ? The one you have is obviously bad....good luck
1941987
Yes I can help,I had the same problem your disk you got is junk,don't waste any more time,call Amazon to send New stuff.
1434305
Should work fine, use the adapter from the drive you are replacing if possible.
389321
I don't have the same dvd drive that you have, but I do have two different drives removed from broken laptops ( 1 - HP, the other not sure who was the manufacturer. By plugging into USB port on my Acer laptop, I can boot to a bootable CD/DVD.