Upgrading T60

[mrcrow_uk]

How can I upgrade my T60 to a larger hard drive please

I have seen and can change the hard drive.Seems simple

how do I get to find out what drive to buy concerning Max size speed and whether ide or sata?

And what then?

I am going to buy a XP pro sp3 as I don't have a copy myself..Just the recovery discs which were sent with one of the laptops.I have 2 T60's

hope to hear from someone..Please

Cheers

Geoff

Manchester UK

[lead_org Microsoft MVP Contributor]

1) the hdd on the machine is SATA, 9.5 mm, 2.5 in form factor, either 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm is okay.

2) if you got the recovery media, you can use it to install the recovery partition and OS/drivers on the machine.

3) instruction for removal and installation of hdd can be found here:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-62733.html

[mrcrow_uk]

thanks for the pdf file on fitting the hdd

i have a 60Gb at present and really want to get the most out of a new hdd...can i go up to 120Gb

i was given with the machine 3 discs and i am buying XP pro SP3 software

do i load the recovery discs first to get the new hard drive ready for XP or is XP already on the three discs

you can imagine how i feel asking these questions from the position of a non it trained person but ask you make some allowance for this please

yours

geof..manchester uk

[lead_org Microsoft MVP Contributor]

i have a 500 gig hdd installed on my T60.

The recovery media that you got should reload the drivers and OS (the recovery media contains the OS already).

You should insert the start recovery disc first, then the prompt will guide you through the rest of the installation process.

[mdclow]

If you think your OS is pretty clean and your primary reason is that you want to to double your HDD space (60GB to 120GB) then you should consider cloning the 60GB HDD to the 120GB HDD.  If you use the restore disks you will have to re-install all your software programs and data.  Cloning is a sector by sector exact copy of your old/small HDD. 

[mrcrow_uk]

thanks for the cloning idea....

it sounds a decent way to do it...since my os is ok so far and i dont want to lose any data...although i have an 80Gb caddy to save it on

what is the procedure for cloning...it sounds like the way to go

cheers

geof

manchester uk

[Maliha Community Moderator]

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mrcrow_uk wrote:

what is the procedure for cloning...it sounds like the way to go

cheers

geof

manchester uk

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Hi Geof,

You can find very easy to follow instructions from the blog of our own moderator Andy:- http://www.andyp.me/blog1.php/2010/04/24/hard-drive-clonewars-klonkrieg-der-festplatten

Acronis is free for WD, and perhaps for some other brand of HDDs too (I suggest checking).

Hope this helps.