[ltp] new hard drive for a thinkpad 770z

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

Hi Mark,

you can get the shell at www.thinkpads.com
Just contact Bill@thinkpads.com and check out
http://www.thinkpads.com/prod04.htm

Regards,

         Jens

> +---------- On Jul 18, Mark Alexander Wotton said:
> > I've just bought a thinkpad 770z minus a hard drive off ebay, thinking
> > that I could use the drive from my current laptop, a Fujitsu 20gb. On
> > disassembling the 770z, however, I couldn't find anywhere to plug in a
> > standard laptop drive. Do I need some kind of hard-drive adaptor, or are
> > Thinkpad hard drives simply different?
> 
> You need a 770 hard drive shell. IBM doesn't sell them without hard
> drives inside, AFAIK. You might find one used (I did once). Or you could
> see if IBM still sells 770 drive upgrades. The largest drive IBM ever
> sold for the 770 series was 14.1 GB, so you probably just want to get
> the cheapest drive they sell, and put your 20 GB drive in its shell.
> 
> Note that the 770 "2nd HDD Adapter" does not come with a drive shell.
> At least, mine didn't.  The adapter requires a drive in a shell, and
> fits in the Ultrabay.

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