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Old July 12th 05, 08:59 PM
Adam
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The 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM Fujitsu HDD (model MHK2120AT) in
my Dell Latitude CPX laptop gets noisy sometimes and makes me nervous.
It's about time to replace it before it dies. Any recommendations of
a good yet reasonably priced 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM HDD?


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Old July 12th 05, 10:11 PM
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Adam wrote:
The 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM Fujitsu HDD (model MHK2120AT) in
my Dell Latitude CPX laptop gets noisy sometimes and makes me nervous.
It's about time to replace it before it dies. Any recommendations of
a good yet reasonably priced 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM HDD?


www.newegg.com www.zipzoomfly.com

Q


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Old July 13th 05, 12:32 AM
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Adam wrote:

The 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM Fujitsu HDD (model MHK2120AT) in
my Dell Latitude CPX laptop gets noisy sometimes and makes me nervous.
It's about time to replace it before it dies. Any recommendations of
a good yet reasonably priced 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM HDD?


A current Fujitsu drive? The Fujitsu notebook HDDs are good
drives IMO. I had one in my last Notebook (no problem) and
I havbe a 5400rpm one in my current notebook. No problems.

Arno

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Old July 13th 05, 12:38 AM
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Thanks but I was hoping for HDD recommendations, not places to buy.

Anyways, www.newegg.com does not have ATA-5 2.5" x 9.5mm 4200 RPM HDDs.
And, I don't think my system supports ATA-6.

Also, I think my system supports up to 20 GB HDDs.

Which is better? Fujitsu vs. Hitachi


"Quaoar" wrote in message ...
Adam wrote:
The 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM Fujitsu HDD (model MHK2120AT) in
my Dell Latitude CPX laptop gets noisy sometimes and makes me nervous.
It's about time to replace it before it dies. Any recommendations of
a good yet reasonably priced 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM HDD?


www.newegg.com www.zipzoomfly.com

Q



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Old July 13th 05, 01:37 AM
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Yeah, I'm pretty happy with the current Fujitsu HDD.
I've had it since 2000 without a problem.
Maybe I'll get the same model just to be sure that
it's compatible with my system.


"Arno Wagner" wrote in message ...
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Adam wrote:

The 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM Fujitsu HDD (model MHK2120AT) in
my Dell Latitude CPX laptop gets noisy sometimes and makes me nervous.
It's about time to replace it before it dies. Any recommendations of
a good yet reasonably priced 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM HDD?


A current Fujitsu drive? The Fujitsu notebook HDDs are good
drives IMO. I had one in my last Notebook (no problem) and
I havbe a 5400rpm one in my current notebook. No problems.

Arno


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Old July 13th 05, 02:16 AM
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In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Adam wrote:

Thanks but I was hoping for HDD recommendations, not places to buy.


Anyways, www.newegg.com does not have ATA-5 2.5" x 9.5mm 4200 RPM HDDs.
And, I don't think my system supports ATA-6.


ATA is downwards compatible, so that is not an issue.

Also, I think my system supports up to 20 GB HDDs.
Which is better? Fujitsu vs. Hitachi


Ever since the "Deathstars" I don't trust IBM/Hitachi. Unfounded
in the case of notebook HDDs, I know. However from direct comparison
I think thet Fujitsus run quieter.

Arno



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Old July 13th 05, 02:26 AM
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And, I don't think my system supports ATA-6.


ATA is downwards compatible, so that is not an issue.


Great! That's what I was hoping to confirm.
Two other limitations that I would like to confirm are the following:

1) 20 GB - will going with a larger HDD cause problems for my system?
2) 4200 RPM - will going with a higher RPM cause problems for my system?

Also, what about form factor?


"Arno Wagner" wrote in message ...
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Adam wrote:

Thanks but I was hoping for HDD recommendations, not places to buy.


Anyways, www.newegg.com does not have ATA-5 2.5" x 9.5mm 4200 RPM HDDs.
And, I don't think my system supports ATA-6.


ATA is downwards compatible, so that is not an issue.

Also, I think my system supports up to 20 GB HDDs.
Which is better? Fujitsu vs. Hitachi


Ever since the "Deathstars" I don't trust IBM/Hitachi. Unfounded
in the case of notebook HDDs, I know. However from direct comparison
I think thet Fujitsus run quieter.

Arno



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Old July 13th 05, 03:18 AM
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The 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM Fujitsu HDD (model MHK2120AT) in
my Dell Latitude CPX laptop gets noisy sometimes and makes me nervous.
It's about time to replace it before it dies. Any recommendations of
a good yet reasonably priced 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM HDD?

There aren't any good ones that are 4200rpm, they are all dogs. Just
got a 40GB Toshiba 5400 refurb at newegg for $50. The difference over
4200 is like night and day.
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Old July 13th 05, 01:38 PM
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Thanks but I was hoping for HDD recommendations, not places to buy.

Anyways, www.newegg.com does not have ATA-5 2.5" x 9.5mm 4200 RPM HDDs.
And, I don't think my system supports ATA-6.

Also, I think my system supports up to 20 GB HDDs.

Which is better? Fujitsu vs. Hitachi



Fujitsu but those other things you're worried about won't matter. Have
upgraded a dozen notebooks from 4GB to 60GB with no/little trouble.
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Old July 13th 05, 02:23 PM
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Adam wrote:


Thanks but I was hoping for HDD recommendations, not places to buy.

Anyways, www.newegg.com does not have ATA-5 2.5" x 9.5mm 4200 RPM HDDs.
And, I don't think my system supports ATA-6.


If, at this point, you want an ATA-5 disk of any kind then you're probably
going to have to get it off of ebay. They haven't been manufactured in a
very long time. Very few systems that support ATA-5 will have trouble with
an ATA-6 disk, they just run it in ATA-5 mode. The standard requires
backward compatibility.

Note by the way that newegg has user comments about products--if there's a
lot of complaining about a particular product it's probably a good idea to
go with something else.

Also, I think my system supports up to 20 GB HDDs.


That would be surprising--the first barrier normally encountered is 8 gig,
after that 32, then 128. But even if the system won't support the full
capacity of the drive, it normally will recognize it as a smaller drive and
use it as such.

Which is better? Fujitsu vs. Hitachi


This is to a substantial extent a religious issue. Both have produced
excellent drives. Both have produced really bad drives. Even if you
choose a drive with an excellent reputation, that doesn't mean that the
particular drive you get won't be a lemon. You might also want to consider
Seagate and Toshiba.

"Quaoar" wrote in message
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Adam wrote:
The 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM Fujitsu HDD (model MHK2120AT) in
my Dell Latitude CPX laptop gets noisy sometimes and makes me nervous.
It's about time to replace it before it dies. Any recommendations of
a good yet reasonably priced 2.5" ATA-5 4200 RPM HDD?


www.newegg.com www.zipzoomfly.com

Q


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