Re: [Thinkpad] Re: T600E harddisk upgrade ??

>I am thinking of upgrading the harddisk on my Thinkpad T600E.
>
>Currently it has an internal 6.4GB drive.
>
>I am a novice with regards to Hardware and would appreciate your help/info regarding the following :
>
>a) The current 6.4GB drive is rated at 4200/2MB. I am thinking about buying a 20GB/30GB drive.
>
>Most drives that I find are rated at 5400 or 7200 with 8MB cache.
>
>Will the T600E support these newer drives

Yes. I have a Hitachi travelstar 40GB, 5400 RPM 8 MB
drive in my 600E. It's quieter than the original drive!
Bruce says that new Toshibas are even better.

>or should I stick with buying a drive rated for 4200/2MB itself ?
>
>b) I have noticed that 3.5" drives are much cheaper than 2.5" drives.
> Ideally, I would like to retain the existing 6.4GB internal harddisk and buy an external 3.5" drive ( say 160GB or 200 GB) drive and connect it to the T600E.
>
>Is this possible ?

Yes.

>Has anybody tried something similar ?

I have connected an external HD to my laptop via a
Firewire cardbus card. Works fine.

The two major choices are USB 2 (cheaper) and Firewire (better
compatibility with digital videocameras). Performance is
about the same (i.e., excellent) for both USB 2 and Firewire.

Another option is a 2nd drive in the Ultraslimbay. I've also
tried that, and it works.

If you're using huge drives such as 200 GB, it might be good to have
an OS that's designed for them. For instance Win2K or XP as opposed to
Win98. I use Win2K. XP is a bit more demanding of system
resources.

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happy
Jonathan Berry and Erika http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/fun.htm
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