Hi, where can I buy a hard drive for this or something to replace the 500gb wd5000mpck ? A lot of people are having trouble with the HD failing.
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Laptop HDD are very generic, you don't have to buy exactly the same. So if you want to buy a bigger or better HDD you can do so. If you have any problem with the Hard Drive failing within the 90 days period or your purchase, you can contact TOSHIBA DIRECT and they will replace the HDD for you free under the warranty. They might ask you for proof of purchase, so hold on to your Receipt. All Laptop Hard drive are a 2.5" Form Factor, The only think you have to pay attention is the Connection: If it is a IDE or SATA. Most of the latest computers are SATA, but always make sure before buying a different one. The Western Digital 500GB HDD for this laptop can be purchased at your local Stores or online. As long as you buy: 2.5 INCH 500GB and SATA hard drive, it will be compatible. MAKE SURE TO ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR COMPUTER! so you don't loose data.
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Mine was new and arrived sooner than i was expected to be deliver, however i bought mine with no HDD (hard drive) because i had an extra... But you could buy it at a local computer store!!! Good luck!!
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First: do not open the drive until you check the warranty with WD. If the drive was made for HP or Dell good luck. Since my drive was still sealed I was able to send it back to the seller and they paid shipping. If I had to buy another drive I will go to Newegg.com.
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take/ship it to sony repair center if you have it in your country. Basically you bought a piece of junk. I had to replace my motherboard, my hdd (2 times) and major fixes. Luckily for me it was under warranty. Hope you have that too.
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The unit I purchased came with a 500GB HDD. I don't know if it's offered with other options.
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Use the USB and a USB external hard drive. WD has one with 2TB I picked up during Black Friday sales.
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Thanks. Would see if you have Part Number 9FS066-150 with Firmware ER62 or higher. If not i would take Part Nr. 9FN066-008 with firmware 008. 2 HDD I Need. Let me know. Thanks
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I would use nothing BUT these drives in anything I built or upgraded. They're a bit pricier, and no one ever thinks about it, but the warranty on THESE hard drives, the WD Black series, is a full 5Y. VERY few other mfrs even offer a 5y warranty. And WD drives earn that warranty reputation, I haven't had a WD drive fail, EVER. In each case -- over a dozen -- they've become useless through increasing capacity, never mechanical/electronic failure. That is, I probably have an 80gig WD drive that's still functioning. It's just not worth plugging in and taking up a SATA channel when I can get that capacity on a freaking flash drive nowadays... Yes, they're that good. You can "save money" by buying something cheaper. But you'll pay in the long run with headaches from lost data, or time spent rebuilding your windows/software/os and tweaking it back to the way you had it. The HD is the soul of your machine. Everything else fails, you can practically swap a part back in and you're up and running. But the HD fails and you've got a multiday to longer term headache to get things back to "normal". And, for general purposes, they're among the best drives in performance terms, too. Tom's Hardware may rate something else marginally faster, but not by much. And not by enough to drag you away from WD Black. As the old saw goes, once you go Black, you'll never go back. :-D
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I bought a Seagate 1tB about two years ago. I've had to have it replaces twice already and I'm looking for a third replacement. I still have a 150Gb WD drive that I bought nearly a decade ago. In my experience, I would go with the WD... I'm about to buy this one.
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It's been a while since I ordered this, but I *think* it was the bare drive. Can't be sure, but on another note, I wouldn't recommend Seagate. I own a computer repair shop, and we see more Seagate drives crash than any of the other brands combined. Go with a Western Digital!
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Agreed superrabbit, my Passport died after 8 months. Thank god I have backed up everything to my other Seagate drive that I use as a secondary backup to my mac. I am looking to get either Iomega or Seagate 500G drive soon for my primary backup unit.
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I've just had my 4th large (>1TB) WD drive failure in less than 2 years. I've had more drives fail in the last 2 years than in the last 20. All of them large WD drives. I'm done with WD. All these failures were with drives less than 3 years old. Just absolutely unacceptable.
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I am having this problem as we speak. Seagate just finished telling me that they believe the power supply is dead, and the warranty department says we need a new one. Unfortunately, they don't have any in stock, and they "don't know" when they will have then again... maybe a month, maybe more. What the HELL am I supposed to do to access my data until then? DO NOT buy this stupid thing. I had maybe 10 hours of use on the power supply before it died. Seagate told me immediately that the problem was the power supply, so they absolutely know this is an issue. GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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Take a look at Western Digital's My Book (http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Essential-External-WDH1U10000N/dp/B000VZCEUI/ref=/ref=cm_cd_t_sims_t). I have one of those along with this Seagate FreeAgent. So far both are running strong and without error *fingers crossed*.
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Hi there. First of all, I dont recommend any WD green line hard drive as a system (C:) drive, because the speed. These drives are excelent as a external storage (via usb or esata cables). Try a new sata cable in a different sata slot. For format use operative system tools (avoid and unistall every acronis software, even the free one). Do not intent repair or manipulate in any form the drive with any tool. Try a RMA from WD. Hopes this helps.
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Yes, I did end up replacing our hard drive and it worked seamlessly! I got the WD 1TB sata II 7200 rpm 8 mb unit. (Wd10jpvt) It looks cheaper now too by about $30!I now have a lot more room and the laptop speed is back up to normal now. I also got the vantec nexstar tx 2.5 sata to usb external he enclosure and definitely nice! Well built and solid!
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This particular model came with no hard drive and I ended up purchasing a Western Digital 500 gigabyte hard drive and install it myself - very easy to do. Itended up being cheaper to do it this way than to purchase it with the hard drive already installed.