X60s hard drive upgrade

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Speedster · #1 Post by **Speedster** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:20 pm

I have an X60s with a puny 40GB hard drive. Two questions:

- What is the maximum size of hard drive that I can replace this with?

- Will drives labelled 'SATA II' work?

Thanks.

EOMtp · #2 Post by **EOMtp** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 1:43 pm

Today, up to 500GB @ 5400RPM or 320GB @ 7200RPM. Any SATA "flavor" is fine.

adrianaitken · #3 Post by **adrianaitken** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:25 pm

Make sure the disk is 9.5mm high and not 12mm (bigger capacity ones sometimes are).

Speedster · #4 Post by **Speedster** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:38 pm

dstrauss · #5 Post by **dstrauss** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:08 am

FYI - just popped in a WD Scorpio 320gb 7200rpm drive - it runs like a demon; programs and data load ultra-fast; just as quiet and cool running as the factory 60gb SATA it came with...

Highly recommended

tyanlion · #6 Post by **tyanlion** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:52 pm

how much was the scorpio btw

aceo07 · #7 Post by **aceo07** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:17 am

tyanlion wrote:how much was the scorpio btw

You can probably find it for $180.

It's amazing how fast and affordable laptop drives have become. Not too long ago, 200gb was huge and more expensive for a desktop computer.

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