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From: Seth on 20 Apr 2010 23:45
"LD55ZRA" <LD55ZRA(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> Now your 15+ years of supporting laptops in enterprise environments, have
> you come across the model I gave you and have you tried changing its HD?


An Inspiron model wouldn't be used in an Enterprise environment.

From: John John - MVP on 21 Apr 2010 07:15
LD55ZRA wrote:
> Bruce Chambers wrote:
>
>>
>> Any particular brands/models where the hard drive is difficult to
>> remove? Other than misidentifying Dells, which I've always found
>> reasonably simple to service, that is. Over the past 15 years, I've
>> rarely encountered a laptop that required much more than the removal
>> of one or two screws and a cover panel to access the hard drive. In
>> fact, many manufacturers used to recommend that the user remove the
>> hard drive (unless it was thought to be defective, of course) before
>> sending the laptop in for warranty service, in order to
>> preserve/protect personal data.
>>
>>
>
> DELL INSPIRON 2600 which was in release between 2001 and 2002. It
> originally came with 40 GB but now you can get a lager HD but it is
> not worthwhile due to its requirement to remove all its parts and even
> the keyboard. Not a simple task but possible but requires at least 1
> hours job minimum.

On the Inspiron 2600 & 2650 remove *one* screw from the bottom and the
drive door opens and the drive slides out. In this day and age most
laptop hard disks are as easily removed.

John
From: Bruce Chambers on 21 Apr 2010 20:40
LD55ZRA wrote:
> Bruce Chambers wrote:
>

>
> Now your 15+ years of supporting laptops in enterprise environments,
> have you come across the model I gave you and have you tried changing
> its HD?
>


Actually, no. Dell's Inspirion line was, if I remember correctly, part
of their low-end consumer-grade offerings. Corporations, in my
experience, have generally purchased from the Latitude product line.

It may be that that particular model stymied your attempts to change the
hard drive, but that one limited experience certainly doesn't entitle
you to broadly condemn all Dell laptops, much less those of other
manufacturers.

Post back when you've finished high school, moved out of your parents
house, and garnered a few years experience working in the real world.


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From: Doum on 21 Apr 2010 21:03
Bruce Chambers <bchambers(a)cable0ne.n3t> �crivait
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>
> LD55ZRA wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Good idea but the only snag I can see is that on some laptops,
>> changing a HD is no simple job. You need to perform a complete
>> open-heart surgery!
>
>
> Any particular brands/models where the hard drive is difficult to
> remove?

Asus EeePC 1005, I've replaced the 160GB stock HD with a 7200 RPM 320GB HD
and it was quite a job, the drive is located under the keyboard and you
almost have to take the netbook apart.

But is a netbook really a laptop? (Personally, I would think so)


From: Gene E. Bloch on 21 Apr 2010 21:11
On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:03:00 +0000 (UTC), Doum wrote:

> Bruce Chambers <bchambers(a)cable0ne.n3t> �crivait
> news:eoeie6O4KHA.1016(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:
>
>>
>> LD55ZRA wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Good idea but the only snag I can see is that on some laptops,
>>> changing a HD is no simple job. You need to perform a complete
>>> open-heart surgery!
>>
>>
>> Any particular brands/models where the hard drive is difficult to
>> remove?
>
> Asus EeePC 1005, I've replaced the 160GB stock HD with a 7200 RPM 320GB HD
> and it was quite a job, the drive is located under the keyboard and you
> almost have to take the netbook apart.
>
> But is a netbook really a laptop? (Personally, I would think so)

We'd have to look at various laptops and netbooks to find out how many are
set up for easy drive removal and how many aren't. A sample of one isn't
much, statistically.

Of course, in this thread, I'm citing my experience on maybe 20 laptops,
which, statistically speaking, isn't all that much better :-)

As for whether a netbook is a laptop: Yes. Or maybe No.

--
Gene E. Bloch
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