Re: [Thinkpad] Re: seagate momentus 100 gb and 120hard drives

IBM replacement drives do not come pre-installed in my experience.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt" <mwtech@ameritech.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Re: seagate momentus 100 gb and 120hard drives

> If you want the recovery partition pre-installed, I would think that IBM
> would be the only source for a replacement hard drive. Else, you would
have
> to copy it onto the new drive yourself.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laurence Spiegel" <tahiti444-thinkpad@yahoo.com>
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 12:53 PM
> Subject: [Thinkpad] Re: seagate momentus 100 gb and 120hard drives
>
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> >
> > There's a thread on the tpad forum to the effect that
> > the latest BIOS for T43 throws up an annoying error
> > message with the 7200.1 Momentus drives. I wonder if
> > this will a become an issue for other 4x models at
> > some bios revision. The 100MBx7100rpm drive is a nice
> > bit of hardware.
> > Bruce, any comment on this issue? Do you have to buy
> > the drive through ibm to get the recovery partition to
> > work correctly?
> >
> > - Larry
> >
> >
> > "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
> > To: Ina@Bechhoefer.US, thinkpad@stderr.org
> > Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:06:04 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] seagate momentus 100 gb and
> > 120hard drives
> >
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> > Certainly, why not. Any drive that fits will work.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ina Bechhoefer" <Ina@Bechhoefer.US>
> > To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:22 AM
> > Subject: [Thinkpad] seagate momentus 100 gb and
> > 120hard drives
> >
> >
> > > Seagate produces 100 gb 5400 and 7200 rpm 2.5 9mm
> > hard drives and a
> > 5400
> > 120
> > > gb drive. Can these drives work as a primary drive
> > in a Thinkpad
> > T41P?
> > If
> > > so, are any specific system updates required? If so,
> > what
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ina
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