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Also, bantha poodoo, HP built the damn thing. Don't go blaming AMD for your poor design.

You will have problems just plugging your existing drive into a new laptop, even if is an HP. Very few drivers are universal. Best just to get a new laptop and an external SATA->USB case.

Ken,

Are you serious? If so, can I boot my machine from the external SATA->USB abomination? And what does that do to performance?

I have all of my data backed up. However, it took me 6 months to set up my laptop environment and I don't want to spend another 6 months recreating it. I was hoping I could just plug it into another machine.

I think he was implying that it would be easier to get a new laptop and boot from it's own HD and then access the data via the 'abomination'.

From your last post, that doesn't accomplish what you want to do, in that you want to boot from the old so everything is exactly as it was before. As mentioned, that might be a frustrating venture.

No harm if you try booting from the old hard drive. Worst case Ontario (As Ricky from Trailer Park Boys says) is that it won't boot or that it will boot up but be very flaky. If it's unusable, just swap the original back in and no harm done. Only caution = Maybe check to see if opening it up enough to swap hard drives voids your warranty.

Laptops tend to be much more proprietary than desktops. If it boots at all and the screen is viewable, you could struggle to replace all the drivers that need to changed, but honestly, I 'sometimes' know what I'm doing and I wouldn't bother to try to go that route. Very likely be too much of a PITA.

You are lucky enough to have your data backed up so you are better off than most.

Mojo,

I received a Gear Head Tri-Cool aluminum active notebook cooler pad, Model CF5000U, as a gift and it's great. My HP laptop always ran hot and the internal fan kicked in whenever I viewed videos, used the wireless card, etc.

The cooler pad is portable, USB-powered, and uses three fans that are quiet with adjustable fan speed. It keeps my laptop quite cool, and the hp's internal fan hardly ever comes on.

Regards,

Alan

Alan,

Thanks.

Is that an AMD or Intel-based laptop?

Mojo,

It's AMD-based, and like you, I was concerned that the heat factor was shortening its potential life. Before I received the notebook cooler, I'd put the laptop on a metal tray, which served as a heat sink and helped somewhat, but it was clumsy in my home office.

Alan

I just got a dual Intel HP today. I'll be swapping out the drive after jakewash and I get done with his SVS. I'll let you know how it goes.

You are so screwed...

You're going from an AMD chipset to an Intel chipset. Hope it boots, man.

Well, you're right. My old drive doesn't work in the new laptop.
HP however told me that it would work.

Now I am booting up with my new drive so that I can at least have a working laptop. I don't think I'll spend any time mojoing it for the time being.

Ken, did I pooch my old drive? Once I get my (hopefully repaired) laptop back from HP, it should just be plug-and-play, right?

HP is full of crap.

If it didn't install any drivers or anything, you should be ok (in other words, if it simply didn't boot at all). If it tried to install drivers, you may have screwed said pooch.