Upgrade of hard drive in Vaio PCG-K115Z

[flyman]

I wonder if any of you can help me. I get a warning on startup that a hard drive failure is imminent and to continue press F1. The machine starts up but I am concerned that one day soon it won't! It is three years old and has a Toshiba 60 GB hard drive (IDE). Does anyone know what is the maximum size of hard drive that I can fit and are there any big problems in changing disks? Prior to this latest warning I did get the dreaded blue screen but I have been able to restore the system to a previous date and that has worked up to now. Thanks in anticipation.

[Blencogo]

Hi flyman and welcome to Club Vaio.

You are lucky because the hard drive on the K-Series Vaios can be changed in minutes.

You can access it by removing the single screw holding the larger cover on the bottom of your Vaio.

I think your Vaio will accept any parallel ATA drive and these are available up to 160 GB.

Try a Google for 'Seagate Momentus ATA' or 'Hitachi Travelstar ATA' - these are two of the most popular drives and come in 5,400 or 7,200 RPM spindle speeds. The 7,200 drives are a bit quicker but a fair bit noisier (and more expensive). Most find the 5,400 drives the best compromise.

[flyman]

Many thanks Blencogo for the info.I shall follow it up. Sorry to show my ignorance but is an ATA drive compatible with IDE? Thanks again. flyman.

[rich912]

....but is an ATA drive compatible with IDE? 

Hi flyman,

IDE and ATA are synonymous.

[emanuele75]

Hi

Is it also so easy for a PCG-FR415M?


Thank you
Emanuele