> > IBM recently announced new Thinkpad 160GB and 200GB SATA drives:
> > http://tinyurl.com/yrqu7e (ibm.com). The 20GB unit
> > features Full Disk Encryption (FDE), and the announcement
> > lists it as only being compatible with -61 series machines.
> > Does anyone know if this drive is completely incompatible
> > with a T60, or perhaps if it would work but not provide the
> > FDE capability?
> Is that the HITACHI Travelstar 7K200?
Most likely, that one and the 5K160. There is also the 5K250, which IBM
isn't offering yet but ZipZoomFly has.
Bulk Data Encryption (Hitachi's term for it) is an option for all these
drives. (That's why you'll see two models of the same drive listed on
ZipZoomFly or NewEgg with about a $75 price difference.)
There's a How to Guide listed on this page:
http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/products/Travelstar_7K200
According to the guide, the Bulk Data Encryption doesn't require any special
support from the host system other than the hard drive password which
ThinkPads have supported for years. The drive should certainly work fine in
a T60, and based on the How To, the encryption should work too.
-Mike
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