Best 40Gig hard drive replacement?

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RaysMD · #1 Post by **RaysMD** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:23 pm

I'm looking to get a good inexpensive hard drive for an open bay T42 that I just ordered. Any ideas? The 60Gig Hitachi 7200RPM drive is close to $200.

wolfman · #2 Post by **wolfman** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:53 pm

Hitachi E7K60 $135.50 from www.zipzoomfly.com with free second day air. 40 gb, 8 meg of cache, 7200 RPM. Installed one in my R40 and it's working great - significantly faster than the stock 4200 RPM model the machine came with.

John560e · #3 Post by **John560e** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:54 pm

RaysMD wrote:I'm looking to get a good inexpensive hard drive for an open bay T42 that I just ordered. Any ideas? The 60Gig Hitachi 7200RPM drive is close to $200.

Also checkout:
$130 for a Toshiba MK6026GAX - 60GB ATA-6 - 9.5mm - 5400RPM - 16.3MB Buffer
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... ode=101671

$187 for a Toshiba MK8026GAX - 80GB ATA-6 - 9.5mm - 5400RPM - 16.3MB Buffer
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... ode=101678

I've been pleased with both.

Regards ...

#4 Post by **jdhurst** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:55 pm

The Hitachi 60Gb 7200-rpm is *worth* the money. If cheap is the order of the day, stay with what you have. ... JDHurst

mailclw · #5 Post by **mailclw** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 2:40 pm

My E7K60 comes with annoyed noise such as "Ka-La, Ka-La".
Is that normal or not?
Thank you.

Esteban · #6 Post by **Esteban** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 2:55 pm

Both www.zipzoomfly.com and www.newegg.com have a wide selection of notebook harddrives for well below $200.

brewt · #7 Post by **brewt** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 4:29 pm

You all should know that the E prefix on Hitachi drives means that they are designed for blade servers (ie. powered on 24/7) and not for notebook usage. You should be getting the non-E version (ie. plain 7k60).

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