HP Mini Guide

Warder · 04-25-2008, 11:11 PM

Wondering how to get access to your memory and hd? Here's HP's official guide:

http://www.hp2133guide.com/guidesdoc...rade-Guide.pdf

Post any questions you have here!

Shady999 · 12-07-2009, 01:50 PM

Hey, I'm having trouble with installing a new 2.5" 500Gb SATA Western Digital Scorpio Blue HDD i recently bought to replace the standard 160Gb HDD thats comes with the HP mini 2140.

I inserted the 500Gb Drive into the laptop and screwed it securely into place but as I start up the laptop, a message saying that it cant detect the Hard Drive comes up in a MS DOS-like screen and then stops there,

How can i get the laptop to detect the 500Gb mass storage drive so i can install an operating system on it?

thanks, any advice would be appreciated!

rlarson_mn · 12-09-2009, 03:19 PM

I have a HP2140 and the hard drive just snaps into a standard SATA connector mounted on the motherboard and is a very simple installation. I first cloned my new hard drive using a USB to SATA connection and Acronis True Image application. Worked like a charm. I have done this at least five times. Original 5400rpm drive to a 128gb SSD drive to a 120gb 5400rpm SATA drive back to the SSD drive and then back to the 120gb SATA 5400rpm drive and finally to a 250gb 7200rpm SATA drive. No issues with any of those installations.

dingo · 01-14-2010, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Warder

Wondering how to get access to your memory and hd? Here's HP's official guide:

http://www.hp2133guide.com/guidesdoc...rade-Guide.pdf

Post any questions you have here!

the link posted isnt working

04-25-2008, 11:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Warder Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 457	RAM and Hard Drive Upgrades Wondering how to get access to your memory and hd? Here's HP's official guide: http://www.hp2133guide.com/guidesdoc...rade-Guide.pdf Post any questions you have here!

12-09-2009, 03:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
rlarson_mn Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 243	I have a HP2140 and the hard drive just snaps into a standard SATA connector mounted on the motherboard and is a very simple installation. I first cloned my new hard drive using a USB to SATA connection and Acronis True Image application. Worked like a charm. I have done this at least five times. Original 5400rpm drive to a 128gb SSD drive to a 120gb 5400rpm SATA drive back to the SSD drive and then back to the 120gb SATA 5400rpm drive and finally to a 250gb 7200rpm SATA drive. No issues with any of those installations. Last edited by rlarson_mn; 12-09-2009 at 03:21 PM.

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12-07-2009, 01:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
Shady999 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1	Hey, I'm having trouble with installing a new 2.5" 500Gb SATA Western Digital Scorpio Blue HDD i recently bought to replace the standard 160Gb HDD thats comes with the HP mini 2140. I inserted the 500Gb Drive into the laptop and screwed it securely into place but as I start up the laptop, a message saying that it cant detect the Hard Drive comes up in a MS DOS-like screen and then stops there, How can i get the laptop to detect the 500Gb mass storage drive so i can install an operating system on it? thanks, any advice would be appreciated!