TP 240 HDD (was: [ltp] Suse 7.1)

[T Dale]

I understand what you're saying, and the 240 manual does diagram the 
location of the drive under a door on the bottom - held in place apparently 
by one screw - there is no mention of it being user-removable or directions 
given for such. Because of that, I tend to think that removing it might void 
the warranty. At this point, I'm already worried that I'm pressing my luck 
by sending it in with a Win98 / Suse Linux dual-boot config that was not the 
pre-installed configuration.

If anyone has any direct experience with this, I'd appreciate hearing about 
it.



>Are you sure?  Some laptops have a snap-open door that lets you readily 
>pull
>the drive, while others require you to unscrew a panel to get the drive 
>out.
>I'd be surprised if your TP240 required more than removal of a few screws 
>to
>get the drive out.
>
>It can be highly beneficial to do so.  Not only does it save your data if 
>the
>machine is declared dead, but you can even use it while the laptop is in 
>the
>shop.  For about $10, you can buy a bracket that lets you mount a laptop 
>drive
>in a desktop drive bay.  You then connect the drive to your desktop, and 
>mount
>it.
>
>I know this because one of the times my Toshiba was in the shop, I 
>installed my
>drive in a cheap desktop.  It even booted the laptop-installed Linux with 
>only
>a modest amount of tweeking to make the video work right.
>
>Crispin
>
>--
>Crispin Cowan, Ph.D.
>Chief Research Scientist, WireX Communications, Inc. http://wirex.com
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