So I am trying to replace my (only) harddrive on a hp pavillion dv 2000 series laptop -- upgrading of course, to a 500GB hd 5400rpm. So let me preface this with my particular notebook only "allows" a upgrade to 350GB 5400rpm (however I am trying to force the issue).
So I have gone along with this anyway, activated the drive, formatted it, and used norton ghost to replicate my drive onto it (copying the MBR and boot record). When i install the new drive, everything seems to load fine, asks for pw and then hits a blue screen with only a mouse. So i rebooted, did the F8 dance, and figured I should try and use a Vista Recovery disk. Once this was completed I got the following message:
problem event name startuprepairV2
problem signature 01 external media
problem signature 02 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6001.18000
problem signature 03 0
problem signature 04 65537
problem signature 05 unknown
problem signature 06 No Root Cause
problem signature 07 0
problem signature 08 2
problem signature 09 wrprepair
problem signature 10 161
OS version 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID 1033
So i am trying to figure out if I am able to use this 500GB drive without proper specs from HP or do I need to return and go with the slower, smaller, insufficient 350GB? I did talk to HP and they stonewalled me, with "get a 350GB from us". Any help, anyone? Also another note -- i first got a 500GB 7400 rpm, that did the same song and dance. So I returned it. i tried to order the 350, but got the 500GB instead -- usually an error I like, but now turning into a pain. I could exchange and do it all over again, but I like the notion that I got more bang for my buck...
So I have gone along with this anyway, activated the drive, formatted it, and used norton ghost to replicate my drive onto it (copying the MBR and boot record). When i install the new drive, everything seems to load fine, asks for pw and then hits a blue screen with only a mouse. So i rebooted, did the F8 dance, and figured I should try and use a Vista Recovery disk. Once this was completed I got the following message:
problem event name startuprepairV2
problem signature 01 external media
problem signature 02 6.0.6000.16386.6.0.6001.18000
problem signature 03 0
problem signature 04 65537
problem signature 05 unknown
problem signature 06 No Root Cause
problem signature 07 0
problem signature 08 2
problem signature 09 wrprepair
problem signature 10 161
OS version 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID 1033
So i am trying to figure out if I am able to use this 500GB drive without proper specs from HP or do I need to return and go with the slower, smaller, insufficient 350GB? I did talk to HP and they stonewalled me, with "get a 350GB from us". Any help, anyone? Also another note -- i first got a 500GB 7400 rpm, that did the same song and dance. So I returned it. i tried to order the 350, but got the 500GB instead -- usually an error I like, but now turning into a pain. I could exchange and do it all over again, but I like the notion that I got more bang for my buck...