Looking for new or good used here before I pull the trigger on one on fleabay.
7K100
HTS721010G9AT00 Should be the model number.
Don't bother suggesting the Samsung HM160HC 160gb. I have a 6mth old doorstop already. I am not happy with Samsung at the moment. I am back to my 40gb original drive in my cf 29.
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orange_george Notebook Evangelist
Newbie Question:
With specific regard to modding a 29MK1, what's ruffled your feathers with the Samsung?
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Mine stopped working suddenly with no warning. It won't show up in the laptop or with a USB adapter on my desktop PC.
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Your the first here that I know of that has had problems
Agree with your choice now, I would be taking out my frustrations on that drive , buy new if at all possible
As of today the 4 7200 hitachi's that I have used are all working fine as are the 2 dozen samsungs
The last hard drive failure I had was a Hitachi 40GB 4200rpm that reported smart drive sector errors , replaced with a used hitachi 60GB 5400
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orange_george Notebook Evangelist
Guy's
I'm "knee deep" in the HDD FAQ's, I'm taking your comments on board.
thank's
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I bought a used cf 29 caddy with 40gb drive installed a while back. It is a Hitachi. That's what made me investigate Hitachi. I am figuring Panasonic wanted reliable drives to install. I assume they did some homework on what to use.
I did some extremely unsubstantiated research on Newegg and found the 100gb 7200 drive to have extremely good ratings.
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Was there any discernible difference between the 7200 and the 5400....to the "eye" so to speak.in battery life?
Was your door stop problem a MBR error possibly? Were you dual booted at all?
General curiosity questions related to my signature. -
I have the media pocket battery.
The 7200 has incredibly better ratings from real users and also better performance.
Windows doesn't even show the drive to exist. I don't dual boot anything. I use a live cd of puppy linux sometimes. Some times the bios sees the drive and sometimes it doesn't. -
I bought a brand new one.
WTB.. Hitachi 7200rpm 100gb IDE drive 2.5"
Discussion in 'ToughBook Buy Sell and Trade Forum' started by Shawn, Dec 17, 2010.