New user with Urgent Help Question about a HP Pavilion a530n's HardDrives & Restoring! Please Help, Thanx

I need help/info about my HP Pavilion a530n! I have not had any luck
getting any help for my HP. I have a HP Pavilion a530n that hard drive
died, the question I have is this. This system's drive was older so
still IDE, Which getting a replacement that HP says I have to use cost
over $400. I have been trying to find out if the restore disks will
only work with this one hard drive, or if will also work with any
other IDE driver comp to the original WDC 200gb drive. I thank you for
any help/suggestions anyone is able to
provide!
Thank you, Rodi (Aka Rilan)

I just wanted to say thank you for your quick reply here, as well to
all the e-mails I recived! :-) To answer several questions I recived,
is the following, as well as s question of my own. I look forward to
hear what you all think! The disks I have to restore the 'puter are
the hp pavilion home pc system recovery which are a set of 7 CD's that
say it can only be used on of course HP Pavilion home
PC's. OK NOW FOR MY
QUESTION, Since the Original WDC WD2000BB-22DWA0 drive is hard to
find (that aren't used, etc), what are a few drives any of you would
use in it's place? a Again I look forward to hear what choice me
drives you suggest! Thanx, Rodi P.S. I know should just get a new
computer, but strangely attached to this
one. :-)
HH wrote:
> The recovery CD will ony work with the original drive's System_sav
> partition. A QuickRestore CD should work with any comparable size/type hard
> drive.
>
> HH
>
> "Rilan" <> wrote in message
> news:2bb25b69-c9a5-4b0a-b961-...
> >I need help/info about my HP Pavilion a530n! I have not had any luck
> > getting any help for my HP. I have a HP Pavilion a530n that hard drive
> > died, the question I have is this. This system's drive was older so
> > still IDE, Which getting a replacement that HP says I have to use cost
> > over $400. I have been trying to find out if the restore disks will
> > only work with this one hard drive, or if will also work with any
> > other IDE driver comp to the original WDC 200gb drive. I thank you for
> > any help/suggestions anyone is able to
> > provide!
> > Thank you, Rodi (Aka Rilan)

Rilan wrote:

> I just wanted to say thank you for your quick reply here, as well to
> all the e-mails I recived! :-) To answer several questions I recived,
> is the following, as well as s question of my own. I look forward to
> hear what you all think! The disks I have to restore the 'puter are
> the hp pavilion home pc system recovery which are a set of 7 CD's that
> say it can only be used on of course HP Pavilion home
> PC's. OK NOW FOR MY
> QUESTION, Since the Original WDC WD2000BB-22DWA0 drive is hard to
> find (that aren't used, etc), what are a few drives any of you would
> use in it's place? a Again I look forward to hear what choice me
> drives you suggest! Thanx, Rodi P.S. I know should just get a new
> computer, but strangely attached to this
> one. :-)

Almost any 3.5" drive marked "ATA" "PATA" or "EIDE" should work. Drives
marked "SATA" will not. You should be able to go to any decent computer
store and find one.

A new drive should be less than $100.

The drive is a 200GB PATA/IDE drive. Any brand will do as a replacement, but
some brands are worth avoiding. Seagate offers the best warranty and has good
quality. Western Digitial, despite your experience, makes pretty good drives,
too. Both are available in big box mass market stores. Avoid Maxtor, which is
Seagate's cheap brand that they bought.

And, of course, a replacement drive will not have HP's System_sav partition, so
you need a Windows CD to install again... Ben Myers

On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:09:57 -0700 (PDT), Rilan <> wrote:

> I just wanted to say thank you for your quick reply here, as well to
>all the e-mails I recived! :-) To answer several questions I recived,
>is the following, as well as s question of my own. I look forward to
>hear what you all think! The disks I have to restore the 'puter are
>the hp pavilion home pc system recovery which are a set of 7 CD's that
>say it can only be used on of course HP Pavilion home
>PC's. OK NOW FOR MY
>QUESTION, Since the Original WDC WD2000BB-22DWA0 drive is hard to
>find (that aren't used, etc), what are a few drives any of you would
>use in it's place? a Again I look forward to hear what choice me
>drives you suggest! Thanx, Rodi P.S. I know should just get a new
>computer, but strangely attached to this
>one. :-)
>HH wrote:
>> The recovery CD will ony work with the original drive's System_sav
>> partition. A QuickRestore CD should work with any comparable size/type hard
>> drive.
>>
>> HH
>>
>> "Rilan" <> wrote in message
>> news:2bb25b69-c9a5-4b0a-b961-...
>> >I need help/info about my HP Pavilion a530n! I have not had any luck
>> > getting any help for my HP. I have a HP Pavilion a530n that hard drive
>> > died, the question I have is this. This system's drive was older so
>> > still IDE, Which getting a replacement that HP says I have to use cost
>> > over $400. I have been trying to find out if the restore disks will
>> > only work with this one hard drive, or if will also work with any
>> > other IDE driver comp to the original WDC 200gb drive. I thank you for
>> > any help/suggestions anyone is able to
>> > provide!
>> > Thank you, Rodi (Aka Rilan)

Hey, thank both for your replys! I actually found the 200gb Western
Digital that was originally in my computer for sale, new for $64.00 +
tax & s/h!!!! As for the HP System_Sav partition, not needed. The set
of 7 CD's that restore this computer aren't like most me the one's HP/
Compact use now or in the past I have found out. Hp tried to sell me
the 250gb replacement/upgrade to the computer. Said the disk I have
for system restore will work on any hard drive, as long as the new
drive meets or exceeds the original specs. The 200gb is the min for
virtual mem, & room to transfer,expand,and run files/programs. I just
found this out today, well got conformation. THANK YOU for drive rep
info! I new most of what you wrote. I managed a Best Buy's 'puter
department, & Pt Store Manager @ a concept store in Rochester,Mn for
a while as well as worked in the Tech Depart, also did pretty much
same thing here in St Louis Metro area in St Peters, Mo before going
to work as a Lexmark Rep for a while. (IF YOU ARE EVER IN THE AREA,
TRY TO AVOID THE BEST BUY IN FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS! VERY RUDE/
UNCARING/NOT PLEASENT, and THEY LIE) I have been out of the 'puter
industry since 5 or so years now. My grandmother's cancer came back,
and I had to quit my jobs to take care of here 24/7 while she was on
hospice. She passed away 11/30/04 @ 51yo. I took care of here from the
age of 17 till 26yo. I worked for Best Buy, Lexmark, HP, AOL, and
Microsoft. They of course I worked for 1st & still am a Certified
Sales Rep for them, well last time I checked. Sorry for that history,
I sometimes digress when feeling blah. I am sorry. I hope you all are
having good nights, sweet dreams, & great days tomorrow!! If there is
any questions about computers programs, 'puter hardware or Microsoft
software you think I may be able to help you with, don't hesitate to e-
mail me ! If it is something I am not sure about, have
a lot of friends left @ Best Buy, MS Corp, AOL Corp, as wel as a few
other places! :-) AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING SO FAR!!! Rodi
Olin Littlefield Ben Myers wrote:
> The drive is a 200GB PATA/IDE drive. Any brand will do as a replacement, but
> some brands are worth avoiding. Seagate offers the best warranty and has good
> quality. Western Digitial, despite your experience, makes pretty good drives,
> too. Both are available in big box mass market stores. Avoid Maxtor, which is
> Seagate's cheap brand that they bought.
>
> And, of course, a replacement drive will not have HP's System_sav partition, so
> you need a Windows CD to install again... Ben Myers
>
> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:09:57 -0700 (PDT), Rilan <> wrote:
>
> > I just wanted to say thank you for your quick reply here, as well to
> >all the e-mails I recived! :-) To answer several questions I recived,
> >is the following, as well as s question of my own. I look forward to
> >hear what you all think! The disks I have to restore the 'puter are
> >the hp pavilion home pc system recovery which are a set of 7 CD's that
> >say it can only be used on of course HP Pavilion home
> >PC's. OK NOW FOR MY
> >QUESTION, Since the Original WDC WD2000BB-22DWA0 drive is hard to
> >find (that aren't used, etc), what are a few drives any of you would
> >use in it's place? a Again I look forward to hear what choice me
> >drives you suggest! Thanx, Rodi P.S. I know should just get a new
> >computer, but strangely attached to this
> >one. :-)
> >HH wrote:
> >> The recovery CD will ony work with the original drive's System_sav
> >> partition. A QuickRestore CD should work with any comparable size/type hard
> >> drive.
> >>
> >> HH
> >>
> >> "Rilan" <> wrote in message
> >> news:2bb25b69-c9a5-4b0a-b961-...
> >> >I need help/info about my HP Pavilion a530n! I have not had any luck
> >> > getting any help for my HP. I have a HP Pavilion a530n that hard drive
> >> > died, the question I have is this. This system's drive was older so
> >> > still IDE, Which getting a replacement that HP says I have to use cost
> >> > over $400. I have been trying to find out if the restore disks will
> >> > only work with this one hard drive, or if will also work with any
> >> > other IDE driver comp to the original WDC 200gb drive. I thank you for
> >> > any help/suggestions anyone is able to
> >> > provide!
> >> > Thank you, Rodi (Aka Rilan)

Hey, thank both for your replys! I actually found the 200gb Western
Digital that was originally in my computer for sale, new for $64.00 +
tax & s/h!!!! As for the HP System_Sav partition, not needed. The set
of 7 CD's that restore this computer aren't like most me the one's HP/
Compact use now or in the past I have found out. Hp tried to sell me
the 250gb replacement/upgrade to the computer. Said the disk I have
for system restore will work on any hard drive, as long as the new
drive meets or exceeds the original specs. The 200gb is the min for
virtual mem, & room to transfer,expand,and run files/programs. I just
found this out today, well got conformation. THANK YOU for drive rep
info! I new most of what you wrote. I managed a Best Buy's 'puter
department, & Pt Store Manager @ a concept store in Rochester,Mn for
a while as well as worked in the Tech Depart, also did pretty much
same thing here in St Louis Metro area in St Peters, Mo before going
to work as a Lexmark Rep for a while. (IF YOU ARE EVER IN THE AREA,
TRY TO AVOID THE BEST BUY IN FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS! VERY RUDE/
UNCARING/NOT PLEASENT, and THEY LIE) I have been out of the 'puter
industry since 5 or so years now. My grandmother's cancer came back,
and I had to quit my jobs to take care of here 24/7 while she was on
hospice. She passed away 11/30/04 @ 51yo. I took care of here from the
age of 17 till 26yo. I worked for Best Buy, Lexmark, HP, AOL, and
Microsoft. They of course I worked for 1st & still am a Certified
Sales Rep for them, well last time I checked. Sorry for that history,
I sometimes digress when feeling blah. I am sorry. I hope you all are
having good nights, sweet dreams, & great days tomorrow!! If there is
any questions about computers programs, 'puter hardware or Microsoft
software you think I may be able to help you with, don't hesitate to e-
mail me ! If it is something I am not sure about, have
a lot of friends left @ Best Buy, MS Corp, AOL Corp, as wel as a few
other places! :-) AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING SO FAR!!! Rodi
Olin Littlefield Ben Myers wrote:
> The drive is a 200GB PATA/IDE drive. Any brand will do as a replacement, but
> some brands are worth avoiding. Seagate offers the best warranty and has good
> quality. Western Digitial, despite your experience, makes pretty good drives,
> too. Both are available in big box mass market stores. Avoid Maxtor, which is
> Seagate's cheap brand that they bought.
>
> And, of course, a replacement drive will not have HP's System_sav partition, so
> you need a Windows CD to install again... Ben Myers
>
> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:09:57 -0700 (PDT), Rilan <> wrote:
>
> > I just wanted to say thank you for your quick reply here, as well to
> >all the e-mails I recived! :-) To answer several questions I recived,
> >is the following, as well as s question of my own. I look forward to
> >hear what you all think! The disks I have to restore the 'puter are
> >the hp pavilion home pc system recovery which are a set of 7 CD's that
> >say it can only be used on of course HP Pavilion home
> >PC's. OK NOW FOR MY
> >QUESTION, Since the Original WDC WD2000BB-22DWA0 drive is hard to
> >find (that aren't used, etc), what are a few drives any of you would
> >use in it's place? a Again I look forward to hear what choice me
> >drives you suggest! Thanx, Rodi P.S. I know should just get a new
> >computer, but strangely attached to this
> >one. :-)
> >HH wrote:
> >> The recovery CD will ony work with the original drive's System_sav
> >> partition. A QuickRestore CD should work with any comparable size/type hard
> >> drive.
> >>
> >> HH
> >>
> >> "Rilan" <> wrote in message
> >> news:2bb25b69-c9a5-4b0a-b961-...
> >> >I need help/info about my HP Pavilion a530n! I have not had any luck
> >> > getting any help for my HP. I have a HP Pavilion a530n that hard drive
> >> > died, the question I have is this. This system's drive was older so
> >> > still IDE, Which getting a replacement that HP says I have to use cost
> >> > over $400. I have been trying to find out if the restore disks will
> >> > only work with this one hard drive, or if will also work with any
> >> > other IDE driver comp to the original WDC 200gb drive. I thank you for
> >> > any help/suggestions anyone is able to
> >> > provide!
> >> > Thank you, Rodi (Aka Rilan)

I just wanted to also thank you & say I am sorry for the Dbl
posting, poorly and/or miss spelled words, as well as the amount of
time that it takes to reply. Untill I can get atleast one me my
computers back up, I am writing all of this from my HTC model 3125
using mostly t9. So again Thank you from the bttm of my heart!
Sincerly, Rodi
Littlefield
> Rilan wrote:
> Hey, thank both for your replys! I actually found the 200gb Western
> Digital that was originally in my computer for sale, new for $64.00 +
> tax & s/h!!!! As for the HP System_Sav partition, not needed. The set
> of 7 CD's that restore this computer aren't like most me the one's HP/
> Compact use now or in the past I have found out. Hp tried to sell me
> the 250gb replacement/upgrade to the computer. Said the disk I have
> for system restore will work on any hard drive, as long as the new
> drive meets or exceeds the original specs. The 200gb is the min for
> virtual mem, & room to transfer,expand,and run files/programs. I just
> found this out today, well got conformation. THANK YOU for drive rep
> info! I new most of what you wrote. I managed a Best Buy's 'puter
> department, & Pt Store Manager @ a concept store in Rochester,Mn for
> a while as well as worked in the Tech Depart, also did pretty much
> same thing here in St Louis Metro area in St Peters, Mo before going
> to work as a Lexmark Rep for a while. (IF YOU ARE EVER IN THE AREA,
> TRY TO AVOID THE BEST BUY IN FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS! VERY RUDE/
> UNCARING/NOT PLEASENT, and THEY LIE) I have been out of the 'puter
> industry since 5 or so years now. My grandmother's cancer came back,
> and I had to quit my jobs to take care of here 24/7 while she was on
> hospice. She passed away 11/30/04 @ 51yo. I took care of here from the
> age of 17 till 26yo. I worked for Best Buy, Lexmark, HP, AOL, and
> Microsoft. They of course I worked for 1st & still am a Certified
> Sales Rep for them, well last time I checked. Sorry for that history,
> I sometimes digress when feeling blah. I am sorry. I hope you all are
> having good nights, sweet dreams, & great days tomorrow!! If there is
> any questions about computers programs, 'puter hardware or Microsoft
> software you think I may be able to help you with, don't hesitate to e-
> mail me ! If it is something I am not sure about, have
> a lot of friends left @ Best Buy, MS Corp, AOL Corp, as wel as a few
> other places! :-) AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING SO FAR!!! Rodi
> Olin Littlefield Ben Myers wrote:
> > The drive is a 200GB PATA/IDE drive. Any brand will do as a replacement, but
> > some brands are worth avoiding. Seagate offers the best warranty and has good
> > quality. Western Digitial, despite your experience, makes pretty good drives,
> > too. Both are available in big box mass market stores. Avoid Maxtor, which is
> > Seagate's cheap brand that they bought.
> >
> > And, of course, a replacement drive will not have HP's System_sav partition, so
> > you need a Windows CD to install again... Ben Myers
> >
> > On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:09:57 -0700 (PDT), Rilan <> wrote:
> >
> > > I just wanted to say thank you for your quick reply here, as well to
> > >all the e-mails I recived! :-) To answer several questions I recived,
> > >is the following, as well as s question of my own. I look forward to
> > >hear what you all think! The disks I have to restore the 'puter are
> > >the hp pavilion home pc system recovery which are a set of 7 CD's that
> > >say it can only be used on of course HP Pavilion home
> > >PC's. OK NOW FOR MY
> > >QUESTION, Since the Original WDC WD2000BB-22DWA0 drive is hard to
> > >find (that aren't used, etc), what are a few drives any of you would
> > >use in it's place? a Again I look forward to hear what choice me
> > >drives you suggest! Thanx, Rodi P.S. I know should just get a new
> > >computer, but strangely attached to this
> > >one. :-)
> > >HH wrote:
> > >> The recovery CD will ony work with the original drive's System_sav
> > >> partition. A QuickRestore CD should work with any comparable size/type hard
> > >> drive.
> > >>
> > >> HH
> > >>
> > >> "Rilan" <> wrote in message
> > >> news:2bb25b69-c9a5-4b0a-b961-...
> > >> >I need help/info about my HP Pavilion a530n! I have not had any luck
> > >> > getting any help for my HP. I have a HP Pavilion a530n that hard drive
> > >> > died, the question I have is this. This system's drive was older so
> > >> > still IDE, Which getting a replacement that HP says I have to use cost
> > >> > over $400. I have been trying to find out if the restore disks will
> > >> > only work with this one hard drive, or if will also work with any
> > >> > other IDE driver comp to the original WDC 200gb drive. I thank you for
> > >> > any help/suggestions anyone is able to
> > >> > provide!
> > >> > Thank you, Rodi (Aka Rilan)