How to change platter in a western digital wd10eads

I have replaced many different hard drives on hp systems and never a problem, once the new drive is in boot to the restore dvd and it first will make a recovery partition and then start the installВ . Hi well I have to say the HP tech has no idea.

If reliability has been a problem, what other WD drives can I use and have the reovery disks from HP not throw a hissy fit?.

I donвЂ™t know the reliability history of these drives, have they experienced problems? This one is only 3 years old.

Is that something that needs to be paid attention to?

IвЂ™ve found new 10EADS drives online, but the suffixes are different than original.

So, IвЂ™d like to ask for some help in getting a drive that will not be the wrong thing. (Only the 2nd computer IвЂ™ve had that did not come with a system cd, etc.) This is the first time IвЂ™ve ever had recovery disks where IвЂ™ve been told I need to be careful about the specs of the drive. :smileyvery-happy: I occasionally take old hardware, salvage the best pieces, and put together a satisfactory legal XP system to be given away by local social agencies. IвЂ™m not a tech, just a guy who enjoys messing with computers.

The tech said that if I wanted to the recovery disks to work, I needed to replace this with a new drive with the same specs, as regarding capacity, tracks, sectors, etc. When I was speaking with HPвЂ™s Tech Customer Service about purchasing recovery disks, the discussion got to the suspicion (at the time) the drive was faulty. IвЂ™ve not done that yet, but will before tossing the drive. I found a thread about this model failing the smart test but not the extended test, and it was suggest to do the low-level format of writing zeros. The drive fails the WD smart test and extended test. IвЂ™ve tracked the problem to a failed or failing hard drive. The computer says the bootmanager is missing during bootup. IвЂ™ve been given an HP P6310f desktop, 3 years old, that wouldnвЂ™t boot up, and the owners simply wanted to get rid of it.

IвЂ™ll try to make it better or worse next time. This is my first post to this board, so if you see something I should do/say/write differenctly, please let me know.

How to change platter in a western digital wd10eads