[ltp] Replacement disk for a T60

[Daniel Castro]

Always go for the fastest (rpm) hdd you can get (7200 or 10000), it 
really improves performance.

________________________

Daniel Castro
Networking and Distributed Systems
Computer Science
Trinity College Dublin

Mobile: 083-318-2058
86.4.3 Trinity Hall, Dartry Road, Dublin 6
________________________



Florian Manschwetus wrote:
> Bill Andrus schrieb:
>>
>> linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org wrote on 07/29/2008 05:27:09 AM:
>>
>>
>>> [ltp] Replacement disk for a T60
>>>
>>> I'm looking to upgrade the disk on my T60 - running out of space. Are
>>> there any special requirements, or will any standard 2.5" SATA drive
>>> work? I vaguely recall rumours about special IBM firmware...
>>> Thinking about a Seagate Momentus 200Gb - see
>>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131435
>>>
>>
>> I just picked up a 250GB 5400RPM Samsung 2.5" from 
>> http://www.a2kpc.com for
>> under $97 plus local tax, and they ship quickly.  Its running great 
>> in my
>> T60 widebody;  quiet and vibrationless.  FWIW I picked up a Fujitsu 
>> private
>> label external 300GB 4200RPM USB 2.0 external drive for $90 from
>> Microcenter on their last sale, I used PowerQuest DriveImage to push 
>> my old
>> 120GB partitions onto the backup, then installed the 250GB and pulled 
>> them
>> back, expanding both in the process.   Worked without a hitch, let the
>> restore run overnight so not sure how long it took (had all the options
>> turned on).
>>
>> Bill
>>
>
> Take a hitachi 7k200 it gets the notebooks perfomance where it should 
> be and works out of the box woth hdaps.
>
> Florian