Sticking an SSD in a T60

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Sticking an SSD in a T60

#1 Post by taiwwa » Fri Apr 05, 2013 11:19 pm

Okay, is there anything that needs to be kept in mind installing an ssd into a T60? Any incompatibilities with newer SSD's I should be aware of?

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Re: Sticking an SSD in a T60

#2 Post by ZaZ » Sat Apr 06, 2013 12:18 am

The recovery discs nor a XP disc align the partition properly. You'll need a Vista or Windows 7 disc to get proper SSD alignment. Other than that, it should work fine. I've a 80GB SSD in my R60e, which of the same era as the T60. It runs like a champ, though I'm running Linux on it.
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Re: Sticking an SSD in a T60

#3 Post by hhmcsv » Sat Apr 06, 2013 6:51 am

My T60 runs also very, very nice with SSD and now also with Win8. I had some troubles installing the SSD, see this thread:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=105987
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Re: Sticking an SSD in a T60

#4 Post by burns334 » Sat Apr 06, 2013 1:23 pm

See my thread, I tried to make it clear and simple, using a Crucial SSD and XP, still running great, I can't think of a problem.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=109337

and this one

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=108610

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Re: Sticking an SSD in a T60

#5 Post by newyorkpaulie » Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:02 am

I recently bought an SSD for my T61. Found a nicely priced one on eBay and luckily it was an Intel. Someone gave me the tip that Intel supplies free software to Intel users that makes transferring your "old" drive's contents to your "new" one. I use it to keep a complete drive backup on a 2nd SSD (from same vendor) and it makes the copy in only 25 minutes. Here's the link for the software info... http://www.techspot.com/news/40577-inte ... omers.html

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