[ltp] Swapping out thinkpad hard drives

[Sebastian Geiger]

Hi,

as a matter of fact I just yesterday exchanged my X61s native 120GB 
hitatchi for a Seagate ST9320421AS 320GB hard disk. I had no problems 
what so ever, neither with the plastic cover, screws or else, nor with 
the Software side. I coloned the whole drive partition by partition with 
dd to the new drive and expanded each partition by a few GB to fit into 
the 320GB space.

Best Regards
Sebastian

Donald B Altman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've had no problem swapping the HD numerous times on my T42P.  What I 
> did was to slightly loosen the screws holding the plastic end plate 
> (perhaps 1/4 turn).  That way the end plate wobbles a bit and there's 
> no alignment problem with the drive's pins.  The wobbling makes no 
> difference once the drive is fully inserted.
>
> Having the screws and end plate intact allows one a more durable way 
> to pull out the drive.  Adhesive from most tapes creeps or 
> deteriorates with time.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Don A
>
> Mendel Cooper wrote:
> <SNIP>
>> But, there's a sort of fix for this. Use just the caddy, without the 
>> plastic
>> end plate. You need to attach to the caddy a sort of pull-tab -- a 
>> strip of
>> cello tape or even fabric ribbon -- in order to be able to pull out 
>> the hard
>> drive assembly again. This way the drive goes *straight* in, with 
>> much lower
>> probability of bent pins. You can still use the lock screw to keep the
>> drive securely in, even without the plastic cover.
> <SNIP>
>