Has anyone used this drive to replace the OEM 5400 RPM HDD in a Sony Vaio VGN-FW370J/B laptop?
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I took a look at your Vaio specs and it says you have Sata drive installed, so this Crucial will fit. You will need a method to move all your data and operation system from the old drive to the new one. I picked up this on Amazon: Easy Laptop Install Kit for 2.5-inch SSD, made by Crucial. It worked like a charm. I did have to "reauthorize" my version of Windows, but that was easy with a 800 number that windows provided when I booted up the new drive. Pretty easy.
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I have replaced a drive, not in a VAIO but an HP entertainment laptop and it fits and works just fine.
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Given that there are conflicting answers to this question on Amazon, and I really wanted to know before purchasing a drive, I contacted Seagate. Here's their response: " Unfortunately, part of the information is not provided at all. The RPM of our Expansion drives are not a provided specification, meaning the unit can run from 5400 RPMs to 7200 RPMs. We have no way to know which is it. It is not a guaranteed specification." So, it's a crap shoot. And it matters.
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Thanks for the reply. I have already purchased and am using the drive with no problem. I purchased after reading on Newegg that someone had been using it with an Acer Aspire One with no problems. Tahnks again for taking the time to reply.
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From what I found on HP's site you should have no problem replacing your 40Gb with the WD1600AAJB 160Gb drive. And at $32 it's a good option. It IS an IDE drive. Be sure you match the jumper in the back to match your existing drive. Since you're replacing a 7200 rpm with another 7200 rpm I don't think you will see much of a speed difference since the specifications are pretty much the same. The seek time is the only difference I can find from 10 (old drive) to 8.9ms (new drive).
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Hi, sorry to hear about that. I used mine just to copy a HDD once and it worked fine, I haven't used after that.
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yup. that laptop appears to use a 2.5inch sata hdd, so any 2.5inch sata drive will work (which this is).
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Yes it will work, the drive is exceptional faster than a standard, the only flaw I had seen, With Windows 7, or the bios at first instal it confused my D drive as the primary rather than the C, So I had to reformat and reinstall, the second time was all good though. I like it, It works great for me, I can hear windows booting even before my screen comes up after bios boot. Considering the price v/s solid state, I will get me another hybrid. You can never go wrong with Seagate quality anyways, that is why banks prefer Seagate in there PC's.
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It depends if your drive is solid state or mechanical. If SSD I would doubt it. If it's mechanical, meaning spinning hard drive then most likely. I cannot guarantee as I have never tried one from that model laptop. Good luck
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Confirm the connector type and it should work. I replaced the HD in an old HP Pavillion laptop, this drive works properly. Again, be certain the drive has an IDE type connector.
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Check this one too. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009KN1H3W/ref=mp_s_a_1_7?qid=1427046651&sr;=8-7&keywords;=dv6-2155dx+hard+drive&dpPl;=1&dpID;=41fwy4lzG5L&ref;=plSrch
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The size of the drive makes no difference. As long as it has a SATA or even an old IDE connector it should work. You may not achieve peak performance specs with such setup but at least you can read/write the data off the drive.
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Yes, as long as you external HDD is a laptop 2.5" hard drive and you wanted to replace the secondary hard drive. The primary (OS) drive is a pair of 128GB SSD running in RAID 0 and would be very difficult to replace as they are connected to the port and if removed their would be no connector for the new drive.If you hard drive is a 2.5" laptop drive of at least 1TB and 5400 RPM or greater replacing the secondary HDD should be a fine. If it smaller or slower then the supplied secondary or even just the same, just getting an enclosure and transferring the file over might be a better option. Yes, as long as you external HDD is a laptop 2.5" hard drive and you wanted to replace the secondary hard drive. The primary (OS) drive is a pair of 128GB SSD running in RAID 0 and would be very difficult to replace as they are connected to the port and if removed their would be no connector for the new drive.If you hard drive is a 2.5" laptop drive of at least 1TB and 5400 RPM or greater replacing the secondary HDD should be a fine. If it smaller or slower then the supplied secondary or even just the same, just getting an enclosure and transferring the file over might... » Read More Yes, as long as you external HDD is a laptop 2.5" hard drive and you wanted to replace the secondary hard drive. The primary (OS) drive is a pair of 128GB SSD running in RAID 0 and would be very difficult to replace as they are connected to the port and if removed their would be no connector for the new drive.If you hard drive is a 2.5" laptop drive of at least 1TB and 5400 RPM or greater replacing the secondary HDD should be a fine. If it smaller or slower then the supplied secondary or even just the same, just getting an enclosure and transferring the file over might be a better option. « Show Less
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Yes. I have the same model of laptop and this drive work pretty well. Don't hesitate to buy it.
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5400 rpm- a weak point for this laptop. However, since this laptop supports up to two 2.5" drives, I recommend getting a decent solid state drive to use as the primary drive and delegate this 1TB drive to storage only.
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I tried to find information about the hard drive,but didn't have enough data.The model number of the old laptop would probably help.It does need to be a sata & preferably at least 160 gig.The voltage is o.k.I see from some of the other answers it should be sata & 160 gig.
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I used Samsung SpinPoint SATA 5400rpm 8 MB Cache 1 TB 2.5-Inch Hard Drive (M8 HN-M101MBB), works fine.
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yes, but check at the seagate website. beware, it is a 5400 rpm drive, not 7200, does defeat the purpose of usb 3.0 somewhat.