It sounds like my WD Scorpio Blue hd from my dead computer will fit? Can I get the content off of it if I plug it into my windows XP computer?
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If your drive is from a laptop and SATA it should fit and yes, you should be able to access the content.
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Yup i got it on mine and made a huge diffrerance.. I dont think i will ever go back to a regular HD .. I did a restore with TimeMachine ..
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If you've got the requisite port, there shouldn't be a problem. There's no drivers to play around with, it behaves like a traditional HDD: plug and play.
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Hi Greg - I don't have any experience with Vista as I am using XP. However, I agree with the previous comments that in theory it should work in producing an exact copy of the HD.
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Yes it will work just fine. I just tried it on my old Windows XP machine. After you plug it in, give it a couple of minutes to download the driver and recognize the drive.
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Typical you would want a Western Digital purple drive. You can try this drive. It should work tho.
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Hey Mark, well the funny thing is that I sent this thing back. It just wouldn't format. No matter what I did, or cable I used it didn't work. It also had problems with using the firewire cable. I think I got it to recognize the HD ONCE, and then it said it would take almost 17 hours to format it. I honestly think something was wrong with the drive itself, but I didn't want another one to try. I figured I'd wait.
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I just saw that it's Windows 7 you want to go to. It's the same procedure basically. You need to get your data off that system if possible. You'll also need a Windows 7 install disk.
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It is a WD Scorpio Blue (SATA 3 Gb/s): http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=506 But newer revisions of the WD Passport seem to be unsuitable for use without the enclosure. See: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=307430
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If this is the case, what happens if the original drive fails? Can you just replace that drive or do you have to reinstall everything?
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I appreciate this very much! One of the comments on this hard drive had me wondering if I could hook it in with what I have, so thank you.
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Yes - I've got it playing just fine off a 320Gb WD Scorpio blue (5400rpm drive) in an enclosure. Takes about 10s to read the folders and start playing which is nice (pay attention Pioneer! slow load times are frustrating).
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I removed the 500G drive (it was 7200 RPM, BTW) and replaced it with a 250G SSD. Because of the fixed position of the disk connector a 3.5 to 2.5 adapter doesn't fit. I just plugged the SSD in and secured it with a couple pieces of tape. Since it lies flat, it's not going anywhere. I loaded a pre-release copy of Windows 10 on the SSD and have been running it for a couple months. Not a gaming rig, but a good general purpose unit. Boots fast, very stable. When Win. 10 is released I'll put the 500G disk back and run the upgrade so I'll have a genuine licensed copy.
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I am not too sure, but this is the wd website: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=600, your hard drive is in there.
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It must be a laptop drive. My Western Digital Blue was just a couple millimeters too thick to fit properly but I can live with it.
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I'm not 100% sure, because I don't have your exact drive, but based on the three WD Passport drives I have, it should fit perfectly!
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@Book WitchI should think that it is. You may be able to use Western Digital's software included on the drive to aid you in your backup. If, however, you do not want to use their software, preferring to use another backup program, it is easy to delete the WD software (the easiest way to delete all of it is to merely reformat the drive in NTFS format).