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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 4:07a

I'd be interested to hear of anyone else's experience in getting a 7200 RPM drive.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 4:11a

poohbie said:ANightShopper said:poohbie said:conquer said:Personally will stay away from Hitachi. Bought a 250G PATA a few years ago and partitioned to two. One part died last year.
And you'll hear the same for Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor, Fujitsu, Samsung...My almost 3 y.o. Hitachi 60GB 2.5" 7200rpm (7K200) has recently died just few weeks before the warranty is expired. Set up repair online sent the drive in to CA. Recieved the replaicement direct from China.
You mean the original 7K60...the first 7200rpm 2.5" drive to market. Exciting times.Yep.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 8:13a

darkfyre said:How come the clueless are always the quickest to post?

Because they have nothing better to do than post on FW?


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 8:34a

so does anyone know how easy it is to swap one of these into a laptop?


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 8:37a

cybertrance said:Obviously, this drive is not for everybody...Obviously, taking 2 seconds to note in the OP why something is a hot deal is not for everybody.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 9:09a

eyespii said:so does anyone know how easy it is to swap one of these into a laptop?

Depends on your laptop. Some are dead simple, some are not.

Thanks op, I'm considering one.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 9:36a

How do we know this is a sata drive and not an IDE drive?


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 9:38a

Thanks OP - Just went out to get one. There were only two left at the BB I went to that had the DTG serial (remaining were some other S/N). Won't be able to check until I get back later today.
Hopefully its a 7200 like you said as I just purchased a stand alone drive for $215 recently as I use VMWare quite a bit on my laptop.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 10:52a

Just picked one up from my local BB. It had the DTG serial number on the bottom. Used the 10% coupon with no problem and plugged it into the laptop. It identified the drive as a HTS722020K9SA00.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 10:55a

I just picked a DTG one up from the North Ave store in Chicago, cracked her open, and it's a 7K200. I left 5 on the shelf, all DTGs.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 10:56a

I'm heading out to best buy now to check this out...will report back later. Hopefully I can find one, because I'd love to swap it out with the drive currently in my mac mini.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 11:02a

great deal
wish it wasnt sata so I could swap in my old ata Dell


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 11:21a

My 3 year old AMD Sempron labtop dies couple times with blue screen every day after i put a Hitachi 7200 HD in.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 11:29a

Hmmmm... Tempting to get one of these and try to slap it into my HP tx1000z I just ordered. Anyone know if it will work or how difficult it might be? I've read through tabletpcreview.com's forums on the subject, but couldn't find any info. Any help would be appreciated.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 11:33a

how do you crack it open?


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 11:51a

For any laptop or tablet PC you can almost always find a hardware reference manual on the manufacturer's web site. Simply RTFM and you'll be fine.

HP TX1000Z Manuals

Took me about 2 minutes to find them. It would have been quicker but HP's web site isn't the easiest one to navigate.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 12:02p

Got the last DTG one at Ann arbor, MI store. Will try to put it into my T60p.

Btw, how to open it? use flathead driver to open it along with USB port?


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 12:24p

Wolverine88 said:
Btw, how to open it? use flathead driver to open it along with USB port?

There are two screws underneath the bottom sticker. I don't have the enclosure in front of me, but I believe it's the sticker with the S/N. Remove those screws and slide the whole bottom piece back to open.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 12:24p

Under the serial # tag are two screws, remove them first, pull forward to get the bottom of, maybe run thin flathead to loosen it... I kinda sacrificed mine by pulling it apart but I'll crazy glue it together when I replace the drive.


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   posted: Oct. 4, 2007 @ 12:27p

*it's important that you slide the bottom piece back to separate, or you will break the 6-8 tabs holding the enclosure together.


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