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    Best 500GB internal hard-disk (FDE) for Thinkpad?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by arlab, Feb 6, 2010.

  1. arlab

    arlab Notebook Evangelist

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    It's time to change my harddrive.

    Which should I buy?

    Is the "500 GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm", which can be used in the costumization of Thinkpads, any good? What brand is it?

    Also, does it have Full disk encryption? Which has?
     
    arlab, Feb 6, 2010
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  2. techfish

    techfish Newbie

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    Which thinkpad do you have?

    Which hdds have you been looking at so far if any?

    Im looking at getting the Hitachi 7k500 or Seagate Momentus 7200.4 both can come in 500GB models. I don’t know if you pay few extra cents or pennies for the FDE versions or how it all works.
     
    techfish, Feb 6, 2010
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  3. dansari

    dansari Notebook Guru

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    The W510 I just received yesterday came with this Seagate drive.
     
    dansari, Feb 6, 2010
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  4. arlab

    arlab Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a T61p.

    Didn't know Thinkpads were using Seagate... I thought they still were using Hitachi....
     
    arlab, Feb 6, 2010
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    Just pulled a Western Digital out of my X200..
     
    spesler, Feb 6, 2010
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  6. dansari

    dansari Notebook Guru

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    My R60 has a Fujitsu.
     
    dansari, Feb 6, 2010
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    spesler Notebook Enthusiast

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    Also, my T61s both had Seagates
     
    spesler, Feb 6, 2010
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  8. Mr.KL

    Mr.KL Notebook Evangelist

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    Probably different source on HDDs just like LCDs. The consensus is Hitachi is the best HDD. Used on Apple and TP mostly. STX has QC issues.
     
    Mr.KL, Feb 7, 2010
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    I got WD as secondary HDD in the ultrabay. Works great and quite! Hitachi produces more noise than Seagate/WD, but cheaper.
     
    cuozc, Feb 7, 2010
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    Hitachi gets my vote.

    I had a 200GB FDE and you wouldn't know it was encrypted.
     
    realwarder, Feb 7, 2010
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