12.5mm hard drive?

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xxPaulCPxx · #1 Post by **xxPaulCPxx** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:09 pm

Out of curiosity...

I am about to jump into Win 7, and since I'm doing a fresh install I'll be using a fresh drive. The biggest one out is... well... BIG.

WD had a 1TB laptop drive, but it is 12.5mm instead of the 9.5mm that most laptops (T400 included) use.

However... the T400 uses those rubber mounting pads.

Would a 12.5mm drive fit without those rubber socks around it?

Brad · #2 Post by **Brad** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:19 pm

The rubber rails make the drive wider so no a 12.5 mm will not fit.

Brad

#3 Post by **jdhurst** » Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:01 pm

You should be able to get a Hitachi 500Gb 7200-rpm 9.5mm drive. That will fit. ... JDH

xxPaulCPxx · #4 Post by **xxPaulCPxx** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:40 am

I've got a 500GB drive that is already nearly full... I need that space!

#5 Post by **ZaZ** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:36 am

Put it in the Ultrabay if you don't need the optical much.

xxPaulCPxx · #6 Post by **xxPaulCPxx** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:12 pm

OK, but does that have 12.5mm space... and can you boot from it?

miketoro · #7 Post by **miketoro** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:39 pm

jdhurst wrote:You should be able to get a Hitachi 500Gb 7200-rpm 9.5mm drive. That will fit. ... JDH

5400, but cheap:
http://dealnews.com/Hitachi-500-GB-SATA ... 22700.html

#8 Post by **jdhurst** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:46 pm

miketoro wrote:<snip>
5400, but cheap:

I would be inclined to chip my documents out of a rock before ever again running anything less than 7200-rpm. The speed shows up in my daily work (having used 5400-rpm drives and 7200-rpm drives in the same T41 XP Pro computer). I want the extra speed and will pay for the extra speed. YMMV
... JDH

#9 Post by **bill bolton** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:35 pm

xxPaulCPxx wrote:OK, but does that have 12.5mm space

No, it doesn't.... it takes a 9.5mm thick HDD only.

That WD drive is NOT intended for mobile applications, and you'd probably destroy it fairly quickly if you try to use it in for that purpose.

Cheers,

Bill B.

iamdmc · #10 Post by **iamdmc** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:00 am

I have the 5400RPM drive in my new T400 and it is painfully slow. I'm waiting for a good deal on Hitachi hard drives to come up again. Last year I bought 3x 320GB 7200RPM for $60(Canadian) and 2x 320GB 7200RPM for $50(Canadian). Hitachi rebates used to rule.

xxPaulCPxx · #11 Post by **xxPaulCPxx** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:27 am

I see WD recently came out with a 640GB... so close, but yet so far.

#12 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:31 pm

Hitachi 500Gb 7200-rpm drives are not yet on the market in the vendor channel, so I have ordered a 500Gb 7200-prm Seagate drive. It has received good reviews, so I shall take one for a spin. It is for the copy of Windows 7 that I also ordered. ... JDH

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