which brand 2.5" HDD suits my old R61

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rbi · #1 Post by **rbi** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 8:34 pm

I was wondering which bran of 2.5" 7200rpm 500GB will be the best option for my R61 89185MM upgrade. I am considerting Seagate Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420AS - hard drive - 500 GB - SATA-300 or HITACHI Travelstar 7K500 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB 2.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive - OEM

For Seagate, I can see there is other model Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG - hard drive - 500 GB - SATA-300 . Is there any difference from ST9500420AS on top of the names? Is it worthy to pay $33 (AUD) more to get this?

For Hitachi, I can see Lenovo website lists the model. Is it worthy to pay $40 to get it directly from Lenovo (free of shippin)?

Thanks a lot.

By the way, which software is the best to clone the original HDD (I want to keep the hidden partition and everything intact). Is Macronium any good per CNET?

Cheers,

#2 Post by **ZaZ** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:39 pm

They all perform about the same in real world usage in my experience. You might want to take a look at the Momentus XT. It's a platter based drive with a 4GB flash drive attached. It can speed up boot times and commonly used applications.

rbi · #3 Post by **rbi** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:59 pm

Many thanks FredGarvin. That's really helpful. I will be comparing the costs via the website.

rbi · #4 Post by **rbi** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:43 pm

Would the Seagate Hybrid be compatible with the R61 BIOS and etc.?

#5 Post by **ZaZ** » Sun Sep 12, 2010 11:29 pm

The XT is a standard 2.5" notebook hard drive. I foresee no issues for you.

billp117 · #6 Post by **billp117** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:08 am

Seagate has free software to clone your drive...there is no real reason to buy the drive from Lenovo. Buy it from a vendor that will stand behind it for the first 30 days...after that you would deal directly with Seagate.

rbi · #7 Post by **rbi** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:36 am

Thanks mates and it is all very helpful and really appreicate that. May I ask billp117 if the Seagate Diskwizard is what you mentioned for the free software to clone my drive?

AIX · #8 Post by **AIX** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:34 pm

rbi wrote:For Seagate, I can see there is other model Momentus 7200.4 ST9500420ASG - hard drive - 500 GB - SATA-300 . Is there any difference from ST9500420AS on top of the names? Is it worthy to pay $33 (AUD) more to get this?

"G" means it has the free-fall sensor; this sensor senses when the hard drive is in "free fall" and park the head(s), trying to prevent a head crash. You don't really need this because your R61 already has Active Protection System.

billp117 · #9 Post by **billp117** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:45 pm

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?l ... 04090aRCRD

Yes...discwizard will get the job done.

rbi · #10 Post by **rbi** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 10:36 pm

Thanks to you all. Should we change this forum name to Wikithinkpad? It is really helpful from you guys.

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