T30 Floppy>Hard Drive?

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ronbo613 · #1 Post by **ronbo613** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:21 pm

I have a floppy disc drive that fits into the accessory drive bay of my T30. Can I take the floppy drive out and use the bay mounting gear on a hard drive?
Love to have a removable hard drive.

dsigma6 · #2 Post by **dsigma6** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:24 pm

You need an ultrabay plus or ultrabay 2000 2nd HD adapter.

OddOne · #3 Post by **OddOne** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:20 pm

check out ebay for ultra bay 2000 and you are sure to find a mounting bracket for the hard drive.

I have read that the bay is just like a USB port. I would like to get a harddrive mounting bracket for my bat and then mod 2 usb ports in it

That will be a later project.

I have a extra bay battery coming to my now .

ronbo613 · #4 Post by **ronbo613** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:23 pm

Thanks for the info. Might have to go with the almighty floppy and a USB hard drive enclosure.

#5 Post by **rkawakami** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:38 pm

The Ultrabay 2000 Second Hard Drive adapter is simply a metal tray which accepts a standard laptop hard drive. It does NOT have any USB ports in which to plug anything into. It is an easy way of attaching a second hard drive to the system. If you only have a USB 1.1 port, it's also the FASTEST method of data access/transfer. The part number (FRU) is 08K6067 (sometimes also 08K6066). If you search eBay with that number, you should find a couple.

ronbo613 · #6 Post by **ronbo613** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:26 pm

I'm not a super big eBay fan, but I'll have a look. The onboard USB 1.1 would be good enough for backups and storage. I've got tons of 3.5" hard drives laying around, what's one more external drive on the pile?

T30 Floppy>Hard Drive?

T30 Floppy>Hard Drive?

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