Comments on: Upgrading the HP2133 mini-note hard drive (with photos)

By: Vlad

Vlad — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:56:34 +0000

Thanks for the detailed info!

By: qxinfinity

qxinfinity — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:18:34 +0000

I found a hp mini 110-1125nr for about $100 us dollars. down side is it has a 16Gig SSD. If I could take it and and slap a 250Gig HHD in without making bracket changes would be great. Can this be done?

last nut not least. Is 2Gb ram really the max this hp mini 110-1125 can handle. I want to use 4Gb.
Thanks
qxinfinity

By: nand

nand — Tue, 31 May 2011 11:52:26 +0000

harddisk canectors

By: ken

ken — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:26:42 +0000

Neal - I have been looking up information about replacing the original HDD with an SSD. I have also taken the laptop apart and exposed the HDD. It is fairly simple. What is a little confusing is the requirements of the SSD - does it take a standard 2.5 inch SSD or 1.8 inch SSD? Does the existing HDD bracket (with 3 screw configuration) slide out and get reused? Love to hear more details on your installation.

I have been running this 2133 from day one with XP sp3 and 2GB of RAM. it has been a great little machine. You can also cook an egg on the bottom of it if you are hungry but apart from that, it is a decent, super light machine. I don;t play video on this machine. I usually outsource it to my ipod touch.

Great Site! Very informative.

By: Neal

Neal — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 22:38:27 +0000

My wife bought me the HP2133 in early 2009. I just upgraded my HP2133 to an 80Gb Solid State Drive (SSD), Windows 7 Home Premium. I’ve got 2Gb of RAM. This upgraded changed the HP2133 from boarderline unusable and annoyingly slow to a great little computer. I highly recommend the SSD upgrade (which takes about 30 minutes and steady hands), and definitely avoid running Windows Vista on the little HP2133. Windows 7 seems to be much better from a perfomance perspective.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:45:05 +0000

For those having issues with the enclosure sizes…

From what I’ve read some of the older HP mini’s used a 1.8″ drive as opposed to the more standard 2.5″ in order to reduce the size/weight of certain models. My HP 1034NR netbook uses the 1.8 inch so I’m pretty much SOL on upgrading to a HDD. C’est la vie I guess.

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:51:31 +0000

Hi everybody!

I want to change the HDD of my mini, in order to have Windows XP on it. I want to keep the original HDD the original Vista (somewhere else, not in my computer). How can i Install it? Can I run the installation program from an external USB CD unit? Or should I format and copy the installation files in the HDD from other computer? Which kind of formatting is ideal? I have alredy increased the RAM.

Thank you!

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:41:50 +0000

I bought the linux version and like you was not keen on SUSE but rather than XP I used and external CD to install Ubuntu 8.10 and that runs like a dream without the need for all the MS protetction programs.

By: Eran

Eran — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:58:25 +0000

Has anyone solved the enclosure issue? I have hit on the same thing.

By: Matt T.

Matt T. — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:06:27 +0000

Re: HD Enclosure Incompatibility
I had the same issue the other Matt had… I attempted to swap out the SSD on my mini-note with a Toshiba 2.5″ 5400 RPM HD a few weeks ago but could not get the new HD to fit in the enclosure. The 2.5″ Toshiba HD was considerably larger (longer) than the SSD’s circuit board, and only 2 of 4 holes lined up (the other two were off by at least 3/8″). As I recall it would not physically fit within the confines of the given enclosure, regardless of whether or not the holes lined up. I was wondering if the enclosures that HP ships with their other models (that come with standard spinning drives) are different than the enclosures they use for their solid-state drives. Any further information would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Matt T.