WTB.. Hitachi 7200rpm 100gb IDE drive 2.5"

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.

 

Newbie Question:

With specific regard to modding a 29MK1, what's ruffled your feathers with the Samsung?

o.g.

 

Mine stopped working suddenly with no warning. It won't show up in the laptop or with a USB adapter on my desktop PC.

 

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
That drive (hitachi 60GB 5400),which is commonly used in toughbooks has never had any issues

 

Guy's

I'm "knee deep" in the HDD FAQ's, I'm taking your comments on board.

thank's

o.g.

 

Thanks Alex,
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.
I can get a new pull for about $75.00.

 

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 wasn't concerned with battery life. I did not even check power usage.
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.