All 2.5" IDE laptop hard drives are interchangeable, connector-wise.
The bare drives are standardized. There is always some type of ultrabay
adapter, tray, or pin adapter for actually inserting the drives into a
particular laptop model, but the drives themselves are alike. Since you
are getting the UltraBay adapter you will be set to use any recent 2.5"
laptop drive.
The only consideration that may make a drive incompatible with a
particular laptop is the drive's thickness. Some older 2.5" drives
(12.5mm or larger) may be too thick for late model laptops that are
sized for 9mm ones.
Rob
Jim Fleegens wrote:
> after some of the messages coming through the list I decided I should
> maintain a more thorough back-up of my hard drive on my A31p. I just
> ordered the adapter for the Ultrabay 2000 for a second hard drive.
> Now I need to pick a drive. From searching the archives it seems that
> the Toshiba 5400 40Gb would be my best choice, but I wasn't able to
> confirm that that drive would fit in my laptop (bay). Anyone know?
> And I'm taking the warning away from the IBM/Hitachi drives. Thanks
> for any help, Jim.
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