Sony Vaio PCG 71311M Hard Drive

Im Spartacus · Mar 26, 2015

PCG 71311M
Due to a hard disk failure I need to replace with new one. Current modal is toshiba MK3265GSXN 320GB.
I've noticed on line a newer version modal MK3276GSX 320GB., seems to match except for slightly slower seek time?
Does the BIOS look for modal number as well as the follow,.
512 Bytes/Sector
5.55 ms average latency
12 ms average seek time
Correct cylinders etc,,
Looking in the BIOS, I don't see any options for the hard-drive is it locked and would it see it if I use this HD.
Any help would be appreciated

C12Friedman · Mar 27, 2015

When looking to a replacement HDD for your laptop, I will say an SSD is the "perfect" fit. There are no specs to worry about except that it physically fits and is SATA, considering that, I'd say to consider the PNY Optima 2.5" 240GB SATA III Solid State Drive as a replacement option. The advantages are two-fold, 1) significantly faster and 2) less power draw so your battery time should increase some

IMO, put an SSD in there, you won't regret it!

Im Spartacus · Mar 27, 2015

Thanks for your answer I was told that some Sony Vaio laptops have to have same specs HD if you're sure this is not the case I'll try another one. I need to replace HD, due to HD failure imminent back up and replace HD - the old press F1 to continue message. As this warning message to my understanding is from the grim reaper of hard drives replacement seems only choice.
This HD is booting - just was suffering severe hanging (10 mins) when in Win7 I finally got into msconfig and turned off everything in services and start up. I'd like to do a disc image and try and fix the issues then within Win7.
When I looked in the bios - the only thing I saw to change was date and time? then save and exit So the bios will auto detect any hard drive? Just thought it strange I'm unable to see the existing one that in the laptop. Is some Sony Vaio smoke screen hiding it?
So sometime over the weekend I'll pop another HD into it just to see if I can get going.

C12Friedman · Mar 27, 2015

I stuck an SSD in my VAIO VPCEE22FX a while back, couldn't be happier. The only issue I had then was that I mis-typed the 25 digit Windows key, I had to get a hold of MS to correct it
The settings that are of concern on the SSD/HDD are the formatting (NTFS or FAT32) and the interface (ATA, IDE, AHCI) the BIOS will use the appropriate one, there shouldn't be any whistles to blow, buttons to press or other gimmicks to get you up and running with an SSD in there (other than the Windows install which is time consuming - that qualifies it as a PITA in my book)

I'll break out my VIAO later if you want just to ensure but it is a standard practice in laptops to lock down almost everything in BIOS so only having the date and time available to set is not surprising to me.

Im Spartacus · Apr 2, 2015

Thanks for you help replaced alternative hard drive all working but was unable to clone old defective disk, stopped at 26% and froze. As much as I would have enjoyed putting an SSD card inside the Sony it was a friends laptop and she didn't want to spend too much she bought a 360GB toshiba for £24 new. That's why I questioned the strange rumor when I was told they had to have same spec replacement. Good luck friend.

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