Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 20:42:09 -0500
From: "Pres Waterman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: THANK YOU ALL: Another low-cost IDE drive for Librettos...
I also just got this drive, for an older 486 Toshiba T2150CS laptop. Went from 350MB
to 4500MB. Not bad. I used backup/restore from the desktop. I now have all of the US
on Street Atlas USA and a ton of room. I wish that machine had proper sound and I
might consider many many Windows Media files for traveling.
But, remember that this drive is a full 1mm thicker than original, and looks it. I
destroyed a L50 by a thick drive. Please keep this in mind.
Pres Waterman W2PW
c/o Patchogue Motors, Inc.
Long Island Ford and Kia dealer
GO BILLS!
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Subject: THANK YOU ALL: Another low-cost IDE drive for Librettos...
Subj: Another low-cost IDE drive for Librettos...
Date: 1/9/2001 5:54:02 AM US Mountain Standard Time
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Hansen)
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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 07:49:03 -0500
From: "Ken Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Another low-cost IDE drive for Librettos...
Here is a link to a company offering 4.8 Gig 2.5 inch, drive for $85
http://www.hitechcafe.com/eshop/inproduct.asp?dept%5Fid=7&sku=MHK2048AT
This is for a Fujitsu MHK2048AT - It is 9.5 mm, please confirm size for your
laptop before ordering. They reported having over 700 available this morning,
so they should have them for a while.
These drives are new, with 12 month warranty.
No relation to vendor, just a satisfied customer.
Ken
Thanks to Ken, David, and Pres. My 50CT has a new life. It has been gasping
for breath for about a year. Monthly I would take something else off the
drive to keep it working. I have been guilty of overbuilding for the
neighborhood before, so had not wanted to invest a couple of hundred in the
Lib considering the age, etc. (It's age not mine) (For my age I don't buy
green bananas any more.)
Anyway being cheap, I thought I would do it my way. Fry's wanted $50 for
Ghost and what the heck, I can get around all the problems everyone talks
about wt. W98, so just use the $6 adapter and put 98 on the new disc. Sure,
Sorry Charlie, you were all right about the Lib utilities, etc.
Then I found that the Norton AntiVirus and Virtual Drive disc that came wt
the new motherboard, also had Ghost (Da, yes I am blond, was red.) The best
thing, they are not lite or crippleware.
Anyway Ghost imaged the old 815 to my tower and put it back on the new 4.6GB
drive. Now that is what the Maytag Man calls power shopping.
David had shared the procedure so often that I didn't have to look it up. Put
the handle on the new drive. Remove the black plastic and the two clear
spacers, wa-law, it slips in without a hitch. No pressure on the MB and
memory solder joints. (careful on the PCMCIA ejection slide, I had to remove
the bottom again to retract the external pushrod so that it contacted the
metal lever inside. Guess I changed the position when I had it off.)
$85 + 10 for shipping (complete foam and bubble pack + a bag of jelly beans
to leave a sweet taste in your mouth) is a very sweet deal for me.
Jim Ray Sr, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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