Re: [Thinkpad] Hard Drive Buys and Don'ts

Toshiba tends to be most reliable. I bought one recently on Yahoo Auctions for $49.

Larry

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----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Bayles <canyonlands@theriver.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 23:38:30 -0700
To: thinkpad@stderr.org
Subject: [Thinkpad] Hard Drive Buys and Don'ts

> Have to buy some hard drives for a non-profit children's clinic. If you
> know anything particularly good or bad about these drives or prices,
> We would appreciate a heads up. All have three year warranties from the
> date of manufacture:
>
> Fujitsu MHT2020AT 20 GB ATA-6 4200 RPM $ 69
> Hitachi Travelstar E7K60 60 GB ATA-6 7200 RPM 8 MB Buffer $184
> Hitachi Travelstar E7K60 40 GB ATA-6 7200 RPM 8 MB Buffer $134
> Hitachi Travelstar 5K80 40 GB ATA-6 5400 RPM $ 88
> IBM Hitachi Travelstar 7K60 60 GB ATA-6 7200 RPM $179
> IBM Hitachi Travelstar 5K80 60 GB ATA-6 5400 RPM $126
> Samsung Spinpoint M MPO402H 40 GB ATA-7 5400 RPM $ 87
> Seagate Momentus ST94011A 50 GB ATA-6 5400 RPM $ 97
> Toshiba MK6026GAX 60 GB ATA-6 5400 RPM $130
> Toshiba MK6022GAX 60 Gb ATA-5 5400 RPM $132
>
>
> I know a couple of model numbers are suspect.
>
> These are ZipZoomFly with free second day air. Reliability and
> performance are my main concerns.
>
> Ray Bayles
>
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