Putting in a really large drive in z61p

[itpastorn]

Hi all. My first post here.

I am feeling very cramped on my z61p. I want a 320 GB 7200 rpm disk at least.

I am looking at  a Travelstar 7K320. (Lenovo does not list any 7200 rpm disks larger than 100GB?)

Could there be any issues? Any thoughts?

[wjli2 · Accepted solution]

You should be in the clear, 320 gb should be okay

[itpastorn]

I am now chosing between Hitachi, Seagate and Western Digital. All have 320 GB 7200 rpm 2.5" drives.

They have very similar specs, but the average seek time differs surprisingly much:

Hitachi: 12ms

WD: 4.2 ms

Seagate: 4.17ms

Hitachi also have 3 year warranty when the others have 5. And to top it off it os not the cheapest.

Does anyone have any additional info I should consider?

Step 2. How do I transfer the pre-boot area from my old drive?

Lars Gunther

[ajkula66 Guru]

It all depends on what's most important to you...Seagate and WD are little noisier than Hitachi, but nothing in my experience beats Seagate's longevity...

Hope this helps.

[jpatrick]

I did the same as you're contemplating.  I bought a Travelstar 7K320 then used an ultrabay HDD adapter 40Y8725 to clone my boot drive to the new 320GB drive.  I now boot to the 320 and use the old drive for storage and backup.

Message Edited by jpatrick on 10-06-2008 05:09 PM