[ltp] Re: How to replace HD Was: Replace HD; T41p

[James Knott]

Daniel Pittman wrote:
> On 30 Aug 2004, David Sudjiman wrote:
> 
>>Thanks to everybody who had put efforts to answer my question.
>>
>>So, now I know that _the_expensive_ IBM notebook HD is acctually the same
>>quality with another HD. I just had that info from the computer store too.
>>What a surprise.
> 
> 
> The same quality; warranty support may vary. :)
> 
> 
>>Now, the question is a bit different. Just say that I have my 7200 RPM 80
>>GB HD in hand. What should I do in order of preference to do replace my
>>old HD?
> 
> 
> The best option: start the old laptop, run your backup process, swap the
> hard disks, then restore the backup to the new hardware.
> 
> Of course, if you don't have a bare metal recovery process then option
> two is to obtain a 2.5" to 3.5" IDE adapter (or two).  This allows you
> to plug a laptop IDE disk into a standard desktop IDE cable -- it is
> only the size of the connector that varies.
> 
> Then you can use whatever technique you like to transfer data from the
> old hard disk to the new hard disk.

Another possibility, would be to use one of those USB hard disk cases.
Then you can have an external drive as well.