CF-48 Reliable/Rugged HDD?

Guys/Gals I have finally bought a cf-48 but the hard drive capacity is not enough for me and thought of replacing it.
Can anyone suggest a reliable/rugged replacement hard drive for my cf-48? I have narrowed down my choices to Seagate EESA25.2 Series and Fujitsu MHV Series. Are these hard drives ok or are there some better hdd other than those two?

I don't know if posting some specs are necessary.
Panasonic CF-48
Pentium M 1.5Ghz
Toshiba MK4025GAS


Oh! And does anyone knows the manufacturer of the cf-48 LCDs? Or how can I determine the manufacturer information of my cf-48? Just curious though...

Thanks!

 

Panasonic doesn't use anything special for hard drives.. They are just regular 2.5" drives (with the exception of the Y2 and possibly a few others, which uses a low-voltage 2.5" drive).

I'm mixed about drives now-a-days. I used to trust seagate, but now I've got a variety in my computers. Both of the CF-28s I've got that I've worked on have IBMs, my G5 has two maxtors, a WD, and a Seagate, and my G4 I sold had a seagate and a maxtor.

Do a search on newegg.com, and see which has the best reviews. If you can afford it, get one that spins at 7200 RPM. It'll speed things up considerably.

The LCD thing though, I'm not sure about. I don't have any info on the CF-48 available to me at this moment.

 

Hi! I know this question will be out of topic but can you recommend a linux distribution that fits into toughbooks? I mean a distribution that can get the most out of toughbooks.

Thanks!

 

I'm quite fond of Mint myself, and run it on my CF-28.

However, your mileage may vary, and it may not be the ultimate distro for you.

 

If you are looking at truly rugged HDD... Then you need to look at the solid state drives. They are VERY expensive though.

I used to rely on Seagate exclusively. But after reading the reviews on the Hitachi HTS series... I've been using that. With the Hutachi feature tool you can dial in performance or battery. You can also dial in the sound level. (Which is related to performance obviously.) Hitachi makes two different types of drive... Those you can adjust and those you can't. Both are good but I prefer the adjustable ones.

All the reports I have read about the the 7200RPM Hitachi 2.5" drives give glowing reviews. Expecially when compared to the Seagate 2.5".

Hope this helps!

 

SSD are very expensive for me. What is the differnce anyway between TravelStar E7K100(HTE Series) and TravelStar 7K100(HTS Series)? Any of those two ok? Can either of those two can be adjusted to performane or battery?

 

Both are excellent drives. The 7200rpm series is the way to go! The HTE and HTS are exactly the same drive but the HTS can be throttled for performance/battery/acoustic management. It comes with the Hitachi Feature Tool. (Available from Hitachi's site) Once downloaded and installed on a 1.44 diskette... Boot off the disk and use the tool to adjust your settings. Then, use the Hitachi Power Booster on your desktop to adjust your settings on the fly... Without booting off the disk. This is basically a slider setting... Battery on one side and performance on the other.

Great stuff!

 

Is it possible to install two internal hard drive on cf-48? Sorry for the stupid question.

 

Not internally. You could install one in the caddy and use the 2nd as an external hard drive. I use one like that all the time. I have a spare 100GB, 5400rpm hard drive that I took out of my Dell Inspiron. Since I replaced it with a 100GB, 7200rpm drive I figured I would buy one of the small enclosures. This type doesn't need a power suppy since it is powered via a USB port. The downside is that if you are transferring large amounts of data it may require 2 USB ports... One for the data and one for the power. Most of the time I can transfer using only one though.