Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 21:11:11 -0500 From: John Lengeling <johnl@raccoon.com> To: cmdrpc@att.net Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading Notebooks Message-ID: <38F67E3F.F8F1271D@raccoon.com> References: <20000413204457.OWSC6491.mtiwmhc27.worldnet.att.net@webmail.worldnet.att.net>
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I don't have specific experience with Libretto's, but I have replaced the hard drives in many other laptops from Dell, Compaq, Toshiba, IBM, etc. with off the shelf 2.5" IDE hard drives. CMS and other companies charge quite a premium for their replacement drives when all they consist of is the bare hard drive and the carrier to hold it. If you are upgrading, I generally open up the existing drive carrier and find out what model of drive is being used, then purchase a similar drive with the same physical specifications. By doing it yourself, you can usually save around $150-$200+. Let are then left with a good 2G bare drive which you can sell on Ebay to save even more money. If you want to have 2 complete drives, then you need to look around for companies which will sell the drive carrier. I really have only seen these for IBMs, but there might be companies with carriers for other computers. Usually spare parts for IBM, Toshiba, Dell, Compaq are quite easy to find. I would be glad to answer any more questions if you want to go investigate this route. johnl cmdrpc@att.net wrote: > > I have a Toshiba Libretto 100CT with a 2GB hard drive. I > would like to replace the hard drive and load either > FreeBSD or Linux right now the Libretto has win95. I > recently look at Toshiba's webpage and there are two > companies which make a replacement kit for the hard > drive. The first is CMS Storage their kit would replace > the 2GB drive with a 6GB drive. The other is Apricorn > and they have two kits a 6GB and a 12GB drive. Has > anyone used the kits from these companies if so what was > your experience? > THANKS > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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