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    best HD for T42P ? fast maybe? from where to buy

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Bashar, Jul 19, 2008.

  1. Bashar

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    Hello,
    i feel my HD is dying and i've some local stores they said there is no 7200RPM laptop disks although mine when i bought it the ad and i'm almost posotive its a 7200rpm

    i wish to get a fast disk not sure high buffer or high rpm?

    and whats the best place to get it online?

    Thank you :)
     
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    http://www.newegg.com/ is a good place to buy laptop hardware, including HDD.

    And 7200rpm laptop HDDs are available. They have been for a long time now.
     
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    i found this seems a good deal ? lots of people wrote good reviews about it http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152111

    but i'm not sure if T42P is SATA or not, tried to located some info on ibm.com but couldn't, how to know ?

    also is it better togo for 8mb cache 5400rpm or 7200rpm with no 8mb cache ?
     
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    Bashar,

    I have moved this thread to the hardware section so you may receive better assistance.
     
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    also whats the biggest disk i can get on T42P from your experience ?

    i'm running unbuntu and xp and might get rid of xp forever
     
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    i found few on ebay buy all has 8mb buffer and 5400rpm, should i lost the 7200rpm since its 8mb buffer?
     
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    the fastest ATA harddrive is the Samsung HM160HC, it is a 160gb 5400rpm drive which has only one platter. It is faster than every 7200rpm ATA based laptop harddrive

    You should read my review of the Samsung drive, it is really a good drive, and it is large and affordable. It is the fastest ata drive, but if you need more space the 250gb 5400rpm from WD is your only option for more capacity and a decent speed.

    Here is the link to my review:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=264209

    My thread has comparisons of the WD 250gb BEVE drive and the Samsung Hm160HC, and the Samsung wins :D

    K-TRON
     
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    the IBM disks at ebay are ATA-7 and these on newegg are ATA-6 , does it differ ?
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    ATA 6 and 7 are basically the same thing, ATA 6 is capable of 100mb/sec and ATA7 is capable of 133mb/sec, however no ATA harddrive can do that much, the fastest one is the HM160HC and that does 52mb/sec on average.

    Trust me man, this drive is faster than any 7200rpm drive for the ATA interface.

    7200rpm drives were a huge hit because people thought they were the fastest and they sold out months ago.

    K-TRON
     
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    I bought mine from Lagoom, since it was the most reputable site which had it for a decent price. I paid $75.14 shipped to my house.
    Run a quick reseller rating on the site, before buying.

    Lagoom has it really cheap, I may just buy a second for another laptop I have. It is an awesome drive and for ~$60-70 shipped, you cant beat it.

    They have it for $59.20, + whatever shipping is, which is less than I paid for mine a month ago. Plus since I wrote lagoom a reseller rating thing I get $10 off my next purchase, so I am definitely getting a secong one soon.

    http://www.lagoom.com/Samsung_Spinpoint_M5_160GB_2.5/HM160HC/partinfo-id-578898.html

    K-TRON
     
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    unfortunately they don't accept orders from non-US paypal users
     
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    Where are you based Bashar?
     
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    Kuwait, although i do have two US mailboxes that does forwarding to my country
     
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    thank you Phil! i just ordered it from amazon, hopefully it will work like always :)
     
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    Great :D another hm160hc owner, it is a great drive and will make your system run as fast as it can. Mine is running perfect so far, and it is very quiet and cool operating.

    Tell us how you love the drive when you install it

    K-TRON
     
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    whats the correct/best steps to migrate data without issues ?

    i have dual boots ubuntu linux and windows xp along with the restore partition for windows from IBM originally

    Thanks for the advise.
     
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    I have installed the drive last week Thanks K-TRON but my laptop doesn't seem faster than before :)
     
    Bashar, Aug 11, 2008
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