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    500 gb hard drive

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by hollyh, Aug 19, 2011.

  1. hollyh

    hollyh Notebook Geek

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    so from what i can tell

    you can put a 500 gb hard drive on the x201 but not on the x220, right?

    why on earth did lenovo do that
     
    hollyh, Aug 19, 2011
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  2. BrendaEM

    BrendaEM Notebook Consultant

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    AFAIK, there is one 500gb hard drive that will fit into an X220.

    Lenovo's marketing people thought that a computer 2mm or about 1/16" thicker wouldn't sell well. It was a bad call.
     
    BrendaEM, Aug 19, 2011
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  3. Pintu

    Pintu Notebook Consultant

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    You can buy the Hitach Z5K500. 500GB, 2,5", 7mm. That one fits into the X220 without any modification.

    And you can fit any 9,5mm drive (up to 1TB) when you remove the keyboard and fiddle the drive in. Check this forum, there are loads of posts here about that.
     
    Pintu, Aug 19, 2011
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  4. hollyh

    hollyh Notebook Geek

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    sweet!!! thanks guys, i installed a hard drive on my old laptop. ill search around ty ty ty :D
     
    hollyh, Aug 19, 2011
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