[ltp] Hard drive going bad ...?

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

Vendors such as www.drivesolutions.com (found on google, never dealt with them myself) 
sell adapters so you can hook your new drive up through the PC-card or USB to copy your partitions over.

---- Matt Graham <danceswithcrows@usa.net> wrote: 

> Buy another 2.5" IDE disk, preferably one of higher capacity.  Install 
> it in the 2.5" slot in your T23.  Generally, swapping out a disk on a 
> Thinkpad is a 2-5 minute operation that only requires a screwdriver.
> 
> You may wish to get a 2.5"->3.5" adapter so you can mount the dead disk 
> in a desktop machine (for better cooling, which can help dying disks.)  
> Use partimage (or something) to get the 'Doze partition backed up, *if 
> you can*.  This may not be possible depending on how screwed-up the 
> disk is.  Or just restore from your backups (you *do* have backups, 
> right?  If not, *WHY NOT*?) onto the new disk you installed.
>