[X61] Harddisk upgrade

[Sebastian Geiger]

Hi all,

im planning on a harddisk upgrade for my X61 (7673-A35). Im currently
running Gentoo and XP in dual boot. With a 120GB harddisk and its
getting a bit tight concerning HDD space. So im opting for an upgrade on
a 320GB Harddisk. Now my question is where I can buy any harddisk on the
market, or if I have to care for certain specifications?
What im especially wondering about is whether I need to have certain
harddisks in order to use the APS (Active Protection System).
In a blog somewhere I read that Harddisks have to support parking the
head in less than 500ms? Is that not the case with all harddisks.
Maybe someone can point me to some page with some sophisticated
information. If just googled for an hour but i couldnt even find the
specs for my X61s harddisk.

Whats more is that Lenovo offers harddisks on its own website but they
are considerably more expansive than if i buy somewhere else. Is that
just the usual overprice or is there something special about these
harddisks? Like qualitiy or specs?

Best regards and thanks in advance.
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[rrkrr-2]

Look on ebay for Thinkpad Disk X61.  You should be able to find several
drive makes/models that work in your computer.  You may find better
prices elsewhere.



Sebastian Geiger wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> im planning on a harddisk upgrade for my X61 (7673-A35). Im currently
> running Gentoo and XP in dual boot. With a 120GB harddisk and its
> getting a bit tight concerning HDD space. So im opting for an upgrade
> on a 320GB Harddisk. Now my question is where I can buy any harddisk
> on the market, or if I have to care for certain specifications?
> What im especially wondering about is whether I need to have certain
> harddisks in order to use the APS (Active Protection System).
> In a blog somewhere I read that Harddisks have to support parking the
> head in less than 500ms? Is that not the case with all harddisks.
> Maybe someone can point me to some page with some sophisticated
> information. If just googled for an hour but i couldnt even find the
> specs for my X61s harddisk.
>
> Whats more is that Lenovo offers harddisks on its own website but they
> are considerably more expansive than if i buy somewhere else. Is that
> just the usual overprice or is there something special about these
> harddisks? Like qualitiy or specs?
>
> Best regards and thanks in advance.

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[Stefan Monnier]

> Harddisk. Now my question is where I can buy any harddisk on the market, or
> if I have to care for certain specifications?

IIUC there are a few Thinkpad models which require drives with
special firmware.  But the X61 is not among them.  Also some Thinkpads
prefer drives with special firmware and/or features like APS, but they
still work just fine with any drive (of the right size, obviously).


        Stefan

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[Sebastian Geiger]

How can I know which drives do have this firmware? I would like to be able to use the APS after the upgrade.

Stefan Monnier wrote:

Harddisk. Now my question is where I can buy any harddisk on the market, or
if I have to care for certain specifications?
    

IIUC there are a few Thinkpad models which require drives with
special firmware.  But the X61 is not among them.  Also some Thinkpads
prefer drives with special firmware and/or features like APS, but they
still work just fine with any drive (of the right size, obviously).


        Stefan

  

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