[ltp] TP600 harddrive
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<B>On Tue Feb 1 17:40 , James McKenzie <jjmckenzie51@sprintpcs.com> s=
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x; BORDER-LEFT: #f5f5f5 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Hamie wrote:<BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>> James McKenzie wrote:</FONT><BR>
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<FONT color=3Dred>>> <A href=3D"javascript:top.opencompose('linuxtuxh=
ellsinki@spymac.com','','','')">linuxtuxhellsinki@spymac.com</A> wrote:</FO=
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<FONT color=3Dred>>>> Hey !</FONT><BR>
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<FONT color=3Dred>>>> I've TP600 PII300Mhz with 5Gb harddrive, and=
it's allways full.</FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>>>> I'd like to change it to bigger one (say 20+=
Gb). And I'd now like</FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>>>> to hear some experience about that. Is there=
any problems ???</FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>>>></FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>>> I upgraded a 600E to a 20GB and then a 32GB driv=
e. No problems. I </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>>> would suggest using the set of disks that should=
have come with the </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>>> system to build it. Barring this, a backup and r=
estore to the new </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>>> drive might be able move it over. I used the for=
mer method with a </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>>> backup of my data on the old drive.</FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>> </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>> </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>> </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>> If the disks are similar to the recovery CD's that c=
ame with my A20p, </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>> then they won't work on anything except the original=
hard-drive (Or </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>> preumably one that looks similiar enough to it). I r=
eplaced my IBM 20GB </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>> HD (4800rpm) with a Fujitsu 40GB (7200rpm) one, and =
the CD's wouldn't </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>> install... Claimed it wasn't the right machine or so=
mething... Anyway... </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>> No great loss, I just did without windoze. It's not =
like I ever used it </FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>> or anything.</FONT><BR>
<FONT color=3Dred>> </FONT><BR>
Worked just fine on both of the disks.<BR>
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James McKenzie<BR>
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Thanks for your answers. I feel now confident enough to buy one from E'bay<=
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or some site with used drives. I think some 20Gb is enough for me. Now I've=
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about 1.5Gb for windoze and rest 3.5 to Gentoo. Doze just for if I sell <BR>
machine & buyer want that, I'm not using that (only move some files to<BR>
/mnt/win/Linuxprogs/ when I need some space in Gentoo ;)<BR>
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So, I think my drive is 12.5mm and somebody said that also 9mm wo=
rks ??<BR>
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