Looking for a hard drive

[sokerjunky]

Hi guys im looking for a new hard drive that i badly need right now i have a 25 gig one my old 40 gig hard drive crashed

im looking for one around 40 gigs if possible


also im looking for a dvd/cd for a thinkpad t42

[BillMorrow]

so, uhmm, please tell us what type..?
PATA or SATA..?
2.5 or 3.5 inch..?
though an accurate guess could be made its still a good idea not to interject uncertainty into an HDD request..

[sokerjunky]

I think sata I'm new to this stuff so i dont know much i need the hard drive for my ibm thinkpad t42 and same with the dvd/cd

[Tasurinchi]

Then you'll need a 2.5" PATA Drive. Maybe it's also good to mention your budget. New drives are bigger than the drive you originally had and maybe you can afford more that just 40GB

[sokerjunky]

well if a 60 gig is possible then i can go with that i may even be able to purchase an 80 gig

[Neil]

The choices are limited for PATA drives. Here is the list of drives NewEgg has. The third one on the list is a very popular drive that most members of this forum would recommend.

[sokerjunky]

well i thought that the t42 could only have a 80 gig max hard drive i was looking online at the lenovo website

[Tasurinchi]

Well no, 320GB is the current maximum. I have one in my T43p and it works very well.

Some people here have put a SATA drive using a special adapter in the ultrabay, where the optical device is. You can then jump to bigger and cheaper drives with it, though speed will not reach the SATA specs.

[sokerjunky]

Alright well sounds good but i dont need that much room so im just looking for an 80 gig hard drive and a dvd/cd since the one on my laptop is broken