Last week's excitement involved installing a new hard disk in my laptop. And here's what I learned:
- I can buy a 320GB 7200rpm laptop hard drive from eBuyer.com for just over £50 delivered.
- Installing a 320GB 7200rpm hard drive in a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ2XP/C laptop isn't too difficult if you have a decent set of instructions and a couple of small Philips screwdrivers. I went to LaptopLogic.com and NotebookReview.com for guidance. (I chose the alternate option in step 10; it seemed much safer).
- Symantec has a special tool for removing its Norton anti-virus software, which deletes the odds and ends that can get left behind.
- If Microsoft Word (Word 2003) is refusing to save your changes to the default font and page settings, it could be caused by Adobe PDFMaker, which is part of Adobe Acrobat 7.0. The PDF print option messes with the Normal.dot template, apparently.
- Battery life seems better with the new installation and the new drive, which is something I wasn't expecting at all.
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