From: Not Me (notme_at_itr.com)
Date: Mon Sep 04 2000 - 12:39:07 EDT
I upgraded my 760E thin model to a 6.4GB hard drive a couple of years
ago.
I used an IBM TravelStar drive that I bought from Egghead/OnSale for
just over $200.
You need a drive no thicker than 12.5mm. The 17mm thick hard drives
will not fit in the "thin" models of the 760 series.
I used an Apricorn PCMCIA card and Apricorn software that I had from
a previous hard drive installation to format and partition the drive
and transfer the operating system and all applications programs and
data files to the new hard drive.
I then put the drive in my existing caddy and installed it in the
760E. The drives has worked flawlessly.
At first I didn't know what to do with all the space, I had just
tripled my hard disk capacity. Now, of course, the drive is nearly
full. There's a sort of Parkinson's law of disk capacity.
At 04:18 PM 9/3/2000 -0600, jbrush_at_aros.net wrote:
>Greetings to all.
>
>I recently got what I consider a pretty good deal on a 760E and the
>docking station and I am very happy with it so far. It is the model
that
>cannot do a CD, but since I knew nothing of what to look for going
in, I
>am fine with just having the CD in the docking station.
>
>The HD is 1.4G and right away I would like to upgrade that so that I
can
>setup boot manager and OS/2, with an eye towards removing the W98
down the
>road. I will be interested to see what kind of features Warp has for
the
>Thinkpad, as I am impressed with the W98 stuff I am seeing.
>
>If I may jump right in and ask a question, I would like to
understand the
>HD upgrade paths. Do laptops share the same footprint for HDs? Is it
a
>fair assumption to go into a store and buy a laptop HD and expect it
to
>fit in a Thinkpad? I have read that there are two different heights
to
>deal with, but other than that, will I find it easy to get a larger,
>generic style drive?
>
>I found a 4gig for about $120, but it is described as just a laptop
hard
>drive, so I don't want to just buy it and get dissapointed. I would
prefer
>a larger drive, but around $120 or so is the limit for my wallet
right
>now.
>
>Anyway, I am happy to find this list and look forward to sharing
>information, as soon as I figure out what I actually have purchased
:-)
>
>Thanks a lot for any help.
>
>Regards from Utah,
>
>John
>
>
>
>
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