Help with HD replacement for t42.

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hank k · #1 Post by **hank k** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:24 am

I have a t42 2379 3yrs old with bios v 3.16 installed. Its time for a larger drive but after reading all the post here about non-IBM drives I ‘m a bit confused. Will the Seagate Momentus 7200.1 ST910021A 100GB 7200 RPM drive work for me or will I be better just getting the drive from lenovo. I also noticed lenovo don’t sell any 7200 rpm drives for the t42.

sugo · #2 Post by **sugo** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:45 am

It's easy, any 2.5" IDE (i.e. PATA) drive drive (9.5mm) should work in your T42. You do not need to buy an IBM/Lenovo drive. I mentioned 9.5mm just for completeness. You cannot find the older non-9.5mm ones on the market anymore.

Make sure you do NOT buy a SATA drive.

The hard drive incompability only affects T43. So don't worry about it.

chan_man · #3 Post by **chan_man** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:46 pm

Basically any 2.5" IDE (PATA) drive will fit, the T42 does not have the problem with "non-IBM" drives like he T43.. I think the largest drive is now 160 gig.

#4 Post by **richk** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:48 pm

western digital makes a 250GB. Make sure you get PATA.

rhema83 · #5 Post by **rhema83** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:24 am

Or you can get the Hitachi 7K100 PATA. Up to 100GB only, though.

Help with HD replacement for t42.

Help with HD replacement for t42.

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