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    Good 2.5" HDD Deals

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by plancy, Jun 23, 2009.

  1. plancy

    plancy Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm looking to buy a bigger HDD for my T400(Currently 80GB) but I'm on a $60 budget, are there any good deals on laptop hard drives anywhere?
     
    plancy, Jun 23, 2009
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  2. Lew

    Lew Notebook Deity

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    There's a ton of decent laptop hardrives at newegg.com for less than $60 shipped. For the T400 you want a SATA drive. My personal preference is Western Digital or Fujitsu, but these days I don't think it makes a significant difference. Just about every brand will have some who love it and some who think it's the worst thing made. The reviews on Newegg can be useful but filter for the comments where the problem is due to an ID-ten-T issue.

    Don't forget an external enclosure if you'll need one for transferring files or reusing your existing drive.
     
    Lew, Jun 23, 2009
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  3. cloud_nine

    cloud_nine Notebook Evangelist

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    cloud_nine, Jun 23, 2009
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  4. The Fire Snake

    The Fire Snake Notebook Virtuoso

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    Newegg as others have mentioned, but also look at ZipZoomFly. They can have amazing deals and many times with free shipping.
     
    The Fire Snake, Jun 23, 2009
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    LoneWolf15 The Chairman

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    I used to buy from ZipZoomFly more often, but a lot of the free shipping has gone away. Using a coupon code I got last week, I bought a 500GB drive for $80.99 shipped free from the `Egg.

    $64.99 (with free shipping) will net you a 320GB Western Digital Scorpio Blue from them.
     
    LoneWolf15, Jun 23, 2009
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    pipspeak Notebook Deity

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    question... is it painless to clone the HDD that came with the machine onto the new HDD, or will that throw up endless license and partition issues?
     
    pipspeak, Jun 23, 2009
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    jonlumpkin NBR Transmogrifier

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    Cloning is pretty painless if you do it right.

    The easiest method is usally a USB enclosure for a 2.5" SATA drive. Alternatively a desktop computer or notebook with 2+ SATA bays can also work for the duplication process.

    I have used Self-Image several times and found it to be extremely effective (and free). The only downside is it doesn't resize partitions. You will need to manually shrink/extend the partition if the new drive is smaller/larger than the old one (Vista can do this, as well as tools like the SystemRescueCD).

    You should be able to do a drive clone (root drive to root drive, NOT partition), swap the drives, and boot up on the new one like nothing changed.
     
    jonlumpkin, Jun 24, 2009
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    siLc Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    siLc, Jun 24, 2009
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