I am new to this and i know this question must be posted million of times but i wanted to know if you guys show me a good guide how to take my tr3 apart and install the new HD.

Try here It’s not exact but it should give you a general idea on how to take it apart.

make sure you get a 1.8” hd

I called span.com they told me that Toshiba 1.8 40 Gig HD is quite thick it might not fit in my TR3. What u guys think

I went to that site and i could not find a guide for the Hd romoval, does any 1 else have a good guide that i can follow.

Are you out of warranty? Sony replaces suspect hard drives regularly. The turn around time for me was very fast.

i have a toshiba 1.8” 40gb in my computer

+1

“Using your flathead screwdriver, lift the brown plastic tab upwards towards you and the interface ribbon will slide out with ease. You can then put the keyboard aside for later. “

What is brown plastic tab and how do u take it out.

the qestion i ask berfore is answered can i ask how to take blue ribbion out

Go here download the instructions and the images and follow them it shouldn’t be to complicated.

Wanted to know if in the BIOS menu Primary IDE drive =none,
What does that mean? thanks

Do you have any idea about the price for a 1.8” HDD higher 40GB ? Does it even exist?

I guess that the cheapest solution is to get a 2.5” HDD and to put in one of those USB vaio enclosure cases. Did you guys ever try it? Does is work fine? Is it fast and convinient? Any proposal for a 2.5” HDD ? thanks very much :D

2.5” HDD will that fit in tr3

no. only 1.8” hdd’s will fit in tr’s.

[quote author=“Thom”]Do you have any idea about the price for a 1.8” HDD higher 40GB ? Does it even exist?

1.8” 60gb hdd’s and 1.8” 40gb hdd’s