Comments on: My Sony Vaio VGN-SZ430N Hard Drive Crashed and How I Fixed It http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/ Everything new in technology news Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:32:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jacksonville Computer Repair http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-152360 Jacksonville Computer Repair Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:07:49 +0000 http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/#comment-152360 Nice detail Nice detail

]]> By: Sony Laptop Repair http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-145291 Sony Laptop Repair Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:06:16 +0000 http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/#comment-145291 LOL, just reading some of the comments. Best Buy charged $900!! Jesus thats a lot of profit. Good tutorial mate. LOL, just reading some of the comments. Best Buy charged $900!! Jesus thats a lot of profit. Good tutorial mate.

]]> By: Beekeeper http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-138407 Beekeeper Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:21:00 +0000 http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/#comment-138407 About your missing screw, if you examine that carefully, that screw is the bottom corner screw you have taken out. So, Sony did not stiff you on that screw. Good job describing how to take that out. Thank you! About your missing screw, if you examine that carefully, that screw is the bottom corner screw you have taken out. So, Sony did not stiff you on that screw. Good job describing how to take that out. Thank you!

]]> By: XP Ann Arbor http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-69822 XP Ann Arbor Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:04:37 +0000 http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/#comment-69822 I found your blog doing a web search today 9/17. I think I better share this on my blog. Thanks <em>XP Ann Arbor's last blog post..<a href='http://computerrepairinannarbor.info/the-magic-behind-toyota' rel="nofollow">The Magic Behind Toyota</a></em> I found your blog doing a web search today 9/17.
I think I better share this on my blog. Thanks

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]]> By: Joe http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-65340 Joe Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:30:04 +0000 http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/#comment-65340 Darwyn: I'm not 100% sure, but I think so. Just be sure to look up the drive size limitations fro your laptop model to be certain it will take a 500GB drive before you buy it. I learned the hard way on an older laptop. Norma: First, I have to admit that I know nothing about that model. If it looks almost identical to mine, then the instructions will probably be the same. Otherwise, proceed with caution and you'll probably want to look for any instructions on how to open up that specific model. As for the recovery disks, all of that is stored in a special partition, so try booting it up and hitting F11. If that's not the right key, check your manual. If you can boot to the recovery partition, great. Just go in and make recovery DVDs. If not, you can buy them from Sony for about $30 or so. After you complete the recovery process on a new drive, you want to save whatever files you need off the bad drive that you can save. To do this, I suggest getting an external drive enclosure like this one: http://lnk.gd/i8 Put the bad hard drive in that enclosure and hook it up to your laptop. Then install Active Undelete (http://www.active-undelete.com) It's $40, but worth every penny. That will recover most if not all of the photos and other files that you don't want to lose. Hope that helps. Darwyn: I’m not 100% sure, but I think so. Just be sure to look up the drive size limitations fro your laptop model to be certain it will take a 500GB drive before you buy it. I learned the hard way on an older laptop.

Norma: First, I have to admit that I know nothing about that model. If it looks almost identical to mine, then the instructions will probably be the same. Otherwise, proceed with caution and you’ll probably want to look for any instructions on how to open up that specific model. As for the recovery disks, all of that is stored in a special partition, so try booting it up and hitting F11. If that’s not the right key, check your manual. If you can boot to the recovery partition, great. Just go in and make recovery DVDs. If not, you can buy them from Sony for about $30 or so. After you complete the recovery process on a new drive, you want to save whatever files you need off the bad drive that you can save. To do this, I suggest getting an external drive enclosure like this one: http://lnk.gd/i8 Put the bad hard drive in that enclosure and hook it up to your laptop. Then install Active Undelete (http://www.active-undelete.com) It’s $40, but worth every penny. That will recover most if not all of the photos and other files that you don’t want to lose.

Hope that helps.

]]> By: Norma http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-65251 Norma Sun, 13 Sep 2009 22:32:11 +0000 http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/#comment-65251 Hi Joe, My sister has a Sony VGN-NR298D just a little over a year old, right after the warranty ran out, the hardrive crashed. Took it back to the store where she purchased it and they wanted around $400.00 to replace it and set it back up. She cannot afford to do it at this time. So thought that I would put a new harddrive in for her. I have some experience working with computers. Have installed hardrives in desktops before, but never a laptop. Do I install the hardrive on this particular laptop the same way as you have in your instructions. She also has alot of pic's on the crashed hardrive of her Dad that she just lost to cancer thsi spring and was wondering if there is anyway to retreive the data from her crashed hardrive? Also she does not have any recovery disk as she did not know to make any back-ups. Any help would greatly be appreciated. Thanks for posting this very informative article. Hi Joe,
My sister has a Sony VGN-NR298D just a little over a year old, right after the warranty ran out, the hardrive crashed. Took it back to the store where she purchased it and they wanted around $400.00 to replace it and set it back up. She cannot afford to do it at this time. So thought that I would put a new harddrive in for her. I have some experience working with computers. Have installed hardrives in desktops before, but never a laptop. Do I install the hardrive on this particular laptop the same way as you have in your instructions. She also has alot of pic’s on the crashed hardrive of her Dad that she just lost to cancer thsi spring and was wondering if there is anyway to retreive the data from her crashed hardrive? Also she does not have any recovery disk as she did not know to make any back-ups. Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks for posting this very informative article.

]]> By: Darwyn http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-56246 Darwyn Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:51:46 +0000 http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/#comment-56246 Hi Joe, Great article! I just have one question: Will my recovery DVD's work if I swap my bad drive out with a larger one? I have a 250GB in there now and want to upgrade to a 500. Thank you, Darwyn Hi Joe,

Great article! I just have one question: Will my recovery DVD’s work if I swap my bad drive out with a larger one? I have a 250GB in there now and want to upgrade to a 500.

Thank you,
Darwyn

]]> By: Joe http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-50699 Joe Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:41:16 +0000 http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/#comment-50699 I'm having some problems with my Vaio's mother board. Best Buy told me it would cost around $900 to fix. It was about a year old when it died. I’m having some problems with my Vaio’s mother board. Best Buy told me it would cost around $900 to fix. It was about a year old when it died.

]]> By: PD http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-32329 PD Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:54:55 +0000 http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/#comment-32329 Joe, I got the windows BSOD and decided to back up all my data and restore my C: drive. However, after it formatted my drive, the restore failed to load and install windows vista completely. I called Sony and they told me that my restore partition must be corrupted and I should purchase the recovery DVD for $28...Now I rather not pay that. Since the drive is now formatted, your solution for creating the recovery disc won't work for me (I should have done this before trusting I can restore from HDD). I have a Sony VGN-SZ470N model. Is there anywhere I can download the recovery disc with drivers for this? thx. PD Joe,
I got the windows BSOD and decided to back up all my data and restore my C: drive. However, after it formatted my drive, the restore failed to load and install windows vista completely. I called Sony and they told me that my restore partition must be corrupted and I should purchase the recovery DVD for $28…Now I rather not pay that. Since the drive is now formatted, your solution for creating the recovery disc won’t work for me (I should have done this before trusting I can restore from HDD). I have a Sony VGN-SZ470N model. Is there anywhere I can download the recovery disc with drivers for this? thx. PD

]]> By: Joe http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/comment-page-1/#comment-26154 Joe Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:33:58 +0000 http://www.joetech.com/2008/03/01/my-sony-vaio-vgn-sz430n-hard-drive-crashed-and-how-i-fixed-it/#comment-26154 CRL: I might add that. Thanks Tim: Downloading software isn't illegal... just MOST of it. =) If you find that you need help getting the recovery discs, let me know and I'll see what I can come up with. CRL: I might add that. Thanks

Tim: Downloading software isn’t illegal… just MOST of it. =) If you find that you need help getting the recovery discs, let me know and I’ll see what I can come up with.

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