As the hard drive would appear to be failing on my TR2AP3, I’m preparing to send it back to Sony under warranty for repair (which unfortunately means shipping from UK back to US etc.)  As an alternative, I’m wondering if it might be easier to just replace it myself.  The machine only has 3 months left under warranty anyway, so the risk of losing warranty coverage is negligible.

Questions:

1.  What type is it?  I believe I’ve read 1.8” but thought best to be sure.
2.  Any good sources/prices for this drive in the UK?
3.  Any experiences of anyone else that might have done a HD replacement?  Is it easy to get to/remove/replace?

Thanks all,

Tom

dont sent it to US, buy a new one 1.8 inch drive,

search for guides on how to disassemble the tr series on this site it’s easy. I think groovy has the best ones if not the only ones..

check out prices here http://www.nextag.com and http://www.easyvalue.com for UK

the drive you are looking for is :
TOSHIBA MK4004GAH or similar ones but always 1.8 inch

yes the hd is 1.8”. if you can wait, get the 60gb that should be out soon. or you can have sony replace the hd, sell the 40gb and use that money for the 60gb hd upgrade! 

Thanks guys - gonna take the leap and do it myself.  I found the drive on span.com for £123 and they’re gonna have it delivered tomorrow (Sat) so I have a little project for the weekend.  :D

Couldn’t bear the throught of being without my TR for the next month while Sony play around with it (and I’ve heard the nightmares about Sony support including one from my best mate that took 4 months and still wasn’t fixed!) 

Thank god for the recovery DVD’s!!  Will let you know how it goes.

Rgds,

Tom

Looks like span.com is out of stock on that HD.  You were lucky, that was a good deal.