Re: replacing HD in Latitude x300

get a 5400 rpm drive and this repair will also mean a noticable performance
upgrade (your original drive was 4200 rpm).

you can't do better then newegg.com for laptop drive prices...
here's a 40gb/5400rpm/3yr warranty for $73 delivered
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822153018
here's a 60gb/5400rpm/3yr warranty for $85.50 delivered
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822153022
if you don't like fujitsu for some reason or want something larger then look
at all of their laptop drive offerings here...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=SubCatDeals&SubCategory=380

then to install, remove your laptop's battery, unplug the ac adapter from
the system, and hold the powert button down for ten seconds to discharge any
residual power.
remove the keyboard per dell's instructions...
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latx300/en/sm/keyboard.htm#1102200
remove the palm rest as per dell's instructions...
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latx300/en/sm/palmrest.htm#1084976
replace the drive as per dell's instructions...
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latx300/en/sm/hdd.htm#1084976
reconnect battery and power and put your windows xp cd in the drive and
press f12 durring post to bring up a boot menu and select to boot from the
cd... then follow prompts. if you boot from the windows cd then you will
not have to 'activate' windows with the serial number on the bottom of the
machine. be sure to install the intel chipset driver first... then the
video driver (intel 855gm or intel 830m, which ever you have) any then any
other driver that you need. finally, be sure to install all of the windows
xp updates...
you can follow this link for detailed instructions from dell on what and how
to reinstall each software component...
http://tinyurl.com/7dsn7
good luck.



<steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1128011002.520247.229970@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The first day of a 9 day road trip I got the BSOD on my Latitude x300
> and it hasn't booted since. I suspect the HD may need replacement.
> Without going into all the symptoms and diagnosis steps here (I've got
> help with that coming, actually) - if it DOES prove necessary to
> replace the hard drive, I'd love some help with that.
>
> 1. Source for a replacement drive? Mail-order or otherwise, in the US?
>
> 2. Process for removing/installing? I've found a few websites where
> someone has done the whole take-photos-document-the-tricky-bits in a
> laptop but haven't found it for the x300 specifically. Is that
> removable panel on the underside where we start? I've done this
> replacement on a desktop machine, but never on a laptop and so am a bit
> intimidated, but am eager to do it myself!
>
> Thanks!
>


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