Will this hard drive work with my R60?

I am trying to upgrade my hard drive on R60...

Will this hard drive work on my R60? I think it will, but I just want to make sure before I order it. While I am at it, any other suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks...



Western Digital Scorpio 250GB 2.5" Mobile Hard Drive - SATA, 5400, 8MB, OEM

Price: $64.99

WD Scorpio 2.5-inch drives offer fast performance and low power consumption, making them ideal for notebooks and other portable devices. WD Scorpio delivers best-in-class performance with low power requirements comparable to much slower notebook drives. In addition, you'll get the quietest 2.5-inch drive on the market with real-time data protection technology to help keep your data safe.

This Drive Holds
- 106 two-hour DVD-quality movies or
- 375 hours of VHS-quality video or
- 221 days of around-the-clock MP3 audio or
- 93,750 vivid digital photos or
- 533 action-packed games!

Specifications
Capacity (GB): 250
Interface: SATA 2.5-in Mobile
Spindle Speed (RPM): 5400
Buffer Memory: 8MB
Average Seek (msec): 12
Average Latency (msec): 4.2
Data Transfer Rate on Serial ATA: Up to 1500 Mb/sec
Form Factor: 2.5"
Temperature, Operating (°C): 5 to 60
Temperature, Nonoperating (°C): -40 to 65
Dimensions: 0.374" x 2.75" x 3.945"

EDIT: How about compared to this one? Thanks.

Seagate Momentus 5400.4 250GB 2.5" Laptop Hard Drive
Price: $69.99
Specifications
Capacity (GB): 250
Interface: SATA 3.0Gb/s
Spindle Speed (RPM): 5400
Buffer Memory: 8MB
Data Transfer Rate on Serial ATA: Up to 3000 Mb/sec

 

Either will work. I suspect they'll offer similar performance. If you can spend about $10 more you can get a 7200RPM drive, which will have a bit more spring in it's step.

 

Thanks, ZaZ. I was considering 7200RPM drives as well, but I read that they are more likely to produce heat and noise and will decrease battery performance. Am I being paranoid about that?

 

I've owned seven or eight 7200RPM drives since they first came out, with the first being the 7k40 in my Compaq 2199US. Only one, a 7k80 I bought a few years back did it when I first got my R60, did I have any noise issues. As for the heat, I think it was a little truer when they first came out. I could feel a little heat on my T41, but that's a thinner notebook than your R60. Maybe a few minutes on the battery life. Hardly a big difference in my opinion. Besides you got the nine cell.

How's the R60 holding up? We're sort of the odd men out here amongst all the T and X machines. Mine just past the two year mark with nary a problem with it yet, save for a little shine on the keyboard and a few marks on the lid.

 

Thank you. I am very happy with my R60. It's a solid performer, and I owe you much thanks for recommending me this laptop.

So on the whole, I guess the speed I gain from using 7200RPM outweighs any potential issues regarding heat or noise? I really like the fact that my current R60 runs very cool and quiet. Mostly I run office softwares such as Adobe Acrobat, Word, Excel and such. I suspect that getting a bigger hard drive will, if everything else remains the same, would slow it down a little. Would I see a noticeable improvement on the speed? Thanks for all the help!

Ken.

 

Due to the higher density, larger drives offer better throughput. Where a 7200RPM drive shines is the the seek times, how fast data can be found and read. I say for $10 get the faster drive unless you're on a really tight budget, which is understandable these days. I've used them years without any issues.

 

Thanks, ZaZ, as always for your thoughtful advice. The problem with my R60, I expect, will be that I won't have an excuse to buy a new laptop for a very long time.

 

Well then you might as well get the best.

 

I read from somewhere that some models from Seagate does not support open source OS. Keep this in mind if you'll be using linux.

 

That's just completely false.