I think my question is now solved. Thanks a lot people. I will buy a Momentus XT 500Gb and an Ultrabay SATA Adapter. I would prefer to buy the 750Gb version, but it seems impossible to set it to 1.5Gb/s ... sad. Another question aside: May someone confirm that if a let's say 1000Gb PATA drive was av...

First thanks a lot for having read my original post again. Thanks also for your answer. I don't know what you edited in your first post, but your question was not as clear when you first posted. English is not my mother tongue. Sorry for beeing not clear. (I almost changed nothing) The Ultrabay is s...

My above assumption is a bit too "much". I mean it's probably no that true: What I know: * A German guy used a Momentus XT 500Gb in his T42, and it worked. * "rkawakami" used a SATA Momentus 500Gb on a T23 ! See here: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?p=633853#p633853 * He also used a SATA Se...

Hello RealBlackStuff,

This was already clear to me.
But it's not true that the maximal drive i can use is a 320Gb.
It is possible to use a bigger drive, as some others already did. Take a look on internet.

Hello thinkpadders, After spending days searching for information, i have to give up, and just ask you.. :wink: I want to upgrade my T42 with a first generation 500GB Seagate Momentus XT hybrid hard disk drive. This one uses 4B of flash and it's possible to configure it so that his SATA interface is...