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04-15-2008
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Bactrian
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WD Notebook hard drive
Looking to replace my hard drive on my laptop with a new harddrive
WDScorpio 160GB Anything spacial i got to know before i install the drive Not instructions come with it  I was thinking to just replace it and run the recovery CDs after the new drive is in place __________________
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04-16-2008
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Re: WD Notebook hard drive
i asked my friend google and found this - iaStor.sys Windows process - What is it?
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Re: WD Notebook hard drive
Just managed to re-install XP onto my machine. But when it reboots it goes into "Windows Setup" and starts loading some files. It comes to Iastor.sys, says its missing then says installation failed and gives me a blue screen and reboots
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Re: WD Notebook hard drive
Was your old hard drive broken? If not, it might have had a special partition on it where some recovery files are stored. Are you using a regular XP disk or a restore disk from the mfg? If the recovery partition is required by the disk you have, I am not sure how you can do that. A regular XP disk should get you back in business, after which you will have to download and install all the drivers for your laptop. Sometimes, this is not as simple as it sounds.
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Re: WD Notebook hard drive
It took me several tries to do pretty much the same thing as you are doing, with my old Toshiba. I couldn't tell you why it wouldn't re-configure and then couldn't tell you why it finally succeeded. I know that I didn't have to download any new drivers to make it work. Sometimes I think you're just as well off to use a Witchdoctor as anything.
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04-17-2008
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Re: WD Notebook hard drive
Make sure your notebook takes SATA drives if the WD is SATA.
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