Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 21:36:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Eaglez <eaglez69@yahoo.com> To: John Lengeling <johnl@raccoon.com>, cmdrpc@att.net Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Upgrading Notebooks Message-ID: <20000414043627.25885.qmail@web108.yahoomail.com>
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OK, you should know that Libretto's are a bit different from your standard laptop. I personally call them "knee-top"s, because they're so small. That's not a standard 2.5" IDE hard drive in there. It's a 9" or 12" weird thing. I'm not sure. I actually didn't even think anybody COULD do replacements on that. I sorta got the impression that they were kinda built in, and that's why they're so small. I guess not. Anyway, (on the original question) how much do you think it's going to cost? I'm somewhat interested myself. I don't actually have a libretto right now, but i despiratly want one! heh... --- John Lengeling <johnl@raccoon.com> wrote: > 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 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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