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    Help! x60s and Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500 GB Compatibility

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jj28west, Feb 21, 2009.

  1. jj28west

    jj28west Newbie

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    Hello,

    I was just told by Lenovo Tier 1 support that Lenovo only allows their own proprietary hard drives to be used. I am bumming because I waited 4 months to upgrade for this Seagate Momentus 7200.4 Hard drive for the X60s.

    Can anyone else confirm this or have a work around? Didnt IBM learn from Windows about reverse engineering?

    Any feedback would be appreciated

    john
     
    jj28west, Feb 21, 2009
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  2. boypogi

    boypogi Man Beast

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    any sata 2.5" hdd will work fine :D
     
    boypogi, Feb 21, 2009
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  3. jj28west

    jj28west Newbie

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    Wow!,

    Thanks for the quick reply. I did some research and I heard about necessary firmware upgrades through a bootable CD that you had to burn and you had to mess around in the BIOS to change a storage CAP and also the drive was dependent on the serial number on the bottom of the laptop.

    Do you have the 7200.4?

    Thanks

    john
     
    jj28west, Feb 21, 2009
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  4. LGt400

    LGt400 Notebook Geek

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    had to do none of that...ordered my hitachi 320gb 5400rpm directly from lenovo.....search for a cloner.
     
    LGt400, Feb 22, 2009
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    sg4472002 Notebook Guru

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    I installed a Fujitsu HD in my X61 which came with the stock Hitachi. It works fine, though I had to change into compatibility mode in the bios to install XP.
     
    sg4472002, Feb 22, 2009
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  6. miro_gt

    miro_gt Notebook Deity

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    I've got 7200.4 and it works like a champ :D

    just clone your partition with Acronis True Image
     
    miro_gt, Feb 23, 2009
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