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    CF-30 Hard drive suggestions

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by hodge1, Mar 11, 2014.

  1. hodge1

    hodge1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just picked up a CF-30Fasazam MK2 to replace the trusty CF-29 and I'd appreciate some suggestions on replacing the 80gb hard drive with a 160gb. I prefer Hitachi or Western Digital but will take any other suggestions. PATA, SATA, IDE - all Greek to me, so it you could be as specific as possible I'd appreciate it

    Also, the extra ram is coming next week. Does anyone know if this MK2 has the 2 ram slots sitting on top of each other inside the ram door separated by that thin copper sheet? I've looked but can't tell. Someone told me on some models, you have one slot inside the Ram door and a second slot is actually buried under the keyboard? Again, appreciate the help.
     
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  2. I58SR

    I58SR Notebook Consultant

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    Hi Hoghe1
    You have now begun your Toughbook addiction. Hitachi is the factory installed drive. You do need sata hard drive and there are two memory slots stacked like you mentioned...OEM memory part number is CF-WMBA802G . Many here install Sandisk SSD drives for an added boot of performance.

    -Nick
     
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  3. Shawn

    Shawn Crackpot Search Ninja and Options Whore

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    The cf30 takes a SATA hard drive. I suggest a SSD drive. That means its a solid state drive with NO moving parts. Very dependable and very fast. I personally have Kingston and Intel.


    SSD's
     
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    hailgod Notebook Evangelist

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    Intel and samsung is probably the 2 with the best reliabilty for their SSD. i suggest those 2. I use a samsung 840 pro.
     
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    hodge1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Many Thanks Nick, Shawn, hailgod and anyone else who replies! Looks like solid state is the way to go these days. And upgrading ram should be easy now that I know where to look more closely. Think I'll just might take hailgod's suggestion and go with that Samsung 840. I know this forum is geared more toward much more technical discussions and appreciate members helping out a techno challenged oldie :>)
     
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    ADOR Evil Mad Scientist

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  7. Toughbook

    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

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    I'll throw a log on the SSD fire. This is the BEST upgrade you can do for a CF-30... Then tweak with Les Tokar's SSD Guide that Blair posted! Boot in 25 seconds or so...
     
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    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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  9. mklym

    mklym Notebook Evangelist

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    That link should be in "The Ultimate Toughbook Resource Thread". My $0.02
     
    mklym, Mar 12, 2014
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  10. toughasnails

    toughasnails Toughbook Moderator Moderator

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    Well I think it's a great idea to put a link there :thumbsup: ...hopefully it will stay there (don't ask)
     
    toughasnails, Mar 12, 2014
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