100GB drive - please advise

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r50cheapskate · #1 Post by **r50cheapskate** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 11:06 pm

I'm dying to replace the 30GB/4200rpm drive on this machine, and I'm seeing 2.5in, 100GB/5400rpm drives for well under $200. Do I just order one, or do I need special mounts or adapters for IBM?

The 80GB/5400 rpm unit from Lenovo for $299 (last seen on sale for $224.31) seems like a downright ripoff, no matter how much the purist in me considers it. Does anyone know a reason to spend nearly twice as much for less storage?

DIGITALgimpus · #2 Post by **DIGITALgimpus** » Tue Aug 23, 2005 2:22 pm

I just got the Seagate 100GB 5400 RPM drive for $175 (aprox).

Drive itself is good, but IBM's recovery CD's don't approve of it. I've got some reason to think 100GB drives aren't supported in the A31 unless they are IBM/Hitachi.

AbsoluteRaleigh · #3 Post by **AbsoluteRaleigh** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:02 pm

r50cheapskate wrote:Does anyone know a reason to spend nearly twice as much for less storage?

I don't....

jpdarcis · #4 Post by **jpdarcis** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:36 am

No reason not to do this but ... consider Seagate dubious drive reputation before you purchase one. I would personally stay away from Seagate but other than that, just remove the older drive, transfer the mounting hardware to the new one and insert it. This is of course only for the hardware part of the job ....

DIGITALgimpus · #5 Post by **DIGITALgimpus** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:08 am

jpdarcis wrote:No reason not to do this but ... consider Seagate dubious drive reputation before you purchase one.

Seagate is considered to have the best reputation of all HD's. It did for years, only to be increased by the 5 year warranty they now give.

Unfortunately it appears IBM is forbidding anyone from using a non IBM/Hitachi drive without issues.

jpdarcis · #6 Post by **jpdarcis** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 9:25 am

Sorry but this is not the case. I do not see why you could not install a Seagate in a Thinkpad. The problem is, I have read several reports of this drive being particularly noisy, to the point users stuck with them would use them only in external enclosure for backup purposes. Seagate has built HD for Desktops for a long time, which does not mean their drives were better than others, but this is another issue. AFAIK, they are fairly new in the 2.5" HD segment, and it seems to show...

tselling · #7 Post by **tselling** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:41 pm

ZipZoomFly.com generally has good prices. These are bare drives so you would need to remove the caddy from your current drive. This is very easy as long as you have a small screwdriver.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductLi ... 6&SortBy=D

RobMaule · #8 Post by **RobMaule** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:59 pm

r50cheapskate wrote:Does anyone know a reason to spend nearly twice as much for less storage?

I've found that not using an IBM HDD caused a 2010 POST error on a T43. The Esc key had to be pressed at every startup. IBM recommends a firmware upgrade, but the drive didn't need it, found out after creating seventeen diskettes. Even hacking them, suggested on another forum, didn't help.

It may not affect you, but keep it in mind.

a31pguy · #9 Post by **a31pguy** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 10:03 am

Seagate works fine! I've got three of them. No worries and much more storage.

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