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12.5mm hard drive?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:09 pm
by xxPaulCPxx
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?
Re: 12.5mm hard drive?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:19 pm
by Brad
The rubber rails make the drive wider so no a 12.5 mm will not fit.
Brad
Re: 12.5mm hard drive?
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:01 pm
by jdhurst
You should be able to get a Hitachi 500Gb 7200-rpm 9.5mm drive. That will fit. ... JDH
Re: 12.5mm hard drive?
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:40 am
by xxPaulCPxx
I've got a 500GB drive that is already nearly full... I need that space!
Re: 12.5mm hard drive?
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:36 am
by ZaZ
Put it in the Ultrabay if you don't need the optical much.
Re: 12.5mm hard drive?
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:12 pm
by xxPaulCPxx
OK, but does that have 12.5mm space... and can you boot from it?
Re: 12.5mm hard drive?
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:39 pm
by miketoro
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
Re: 12.5mm hard drive?
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:46 pm
by jdhurst
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
Re: 12.5mm hard drive?
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:35 pm
by bill bolton
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.
Re: 12.5mm hard drive?
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:00 am
by iamdmc
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.
Re: 12.5mm hard drive?
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:27 am
by xxPaulCPxx
I see WD recently came out with a 640GB... so close, but yet so far.
Re: 12.5mm hard drive?
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:31 pm
by jdhurst
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