t41 new hard drive

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coffmug · #1 Post by **coffmug** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:44 pm

Hello, new to the forum. I have a t41 without a hard drive. I would like to put in the largest and fastest possible. I've have conflicting opinions on the ability to put in a Hdd larger than 80 at 5400 rpm as the bios won't recongize it. I've heard that any sata ide drive will work, and am looking at a 160gb 7200rpm fujitsu. I have the installation disks. Just trying to get this up and running fast at a resonable price. Thanks for any advise
Thanks
Coffmug

#2 Post by **Harryc** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:58 pm

SATA drives will not work and there is no size limit. You need a 2.5" IDE laptop hard drive, aka ATA6. I'll make it easy for you. Any of the drives at the following links will work;

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... name=ATA-6
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822136345

sktn77a · #3 Post by **sktn77a** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:37 pm

I have a 160Gb 5400rpm drive in my T41. Unfortunately, the ATA6 7200rpm drives are no longer available.

#4 Post by **Johan** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:47 pm

Welcome to the forum, coffmuf!

If you want more information on your options (incl. user feedback), I suggest you see the recent thread on this forum: will this hard drive work with my t42. Beware that you will need to have Service Pack 2 (or SP3) installed, if you are running Win XP Pro and wish to use HDD's above 137 GB.

Johan

closersource · #5 Post by **closersource** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:37 pm

They are still available as in people have them (even new), but will cost you a pretty penny. PM me if you are interested.

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