I found the answer to my aside about the WD site listing it as a SATA drive. They have SATA and EIDE models and list the specs together. It's clearer in this PDF spec sheet: http://www.wdc.com/en/library/sata/2879-701278.pdf
Thanks again for any answers... TK At 5/11/2009 09:48 AM, TK wrote: >I'm thinking of upgrading my T41, which came with a 60gb 7200rpm drive, to a >WD3200BEVE 320gb 5400rpm 2.5" PATA drive: >http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136345 > >Questions: >1) Will it be easy to transfer my entire Windows XP boot drive over to this >new drive? I.e. Can I easily transfer everything, including boot record, >without issue, to a drive of different geometry? >2) Will Windows complain about changed hardware, or is my Thinkpad >pre-installed version immune to all activation complaints as long as it's run >on a Thinkpad? >3) What program is recommended for doing this transfer? >4) I have an external IDE-to-USB enclosure for 2.5" drives, in which I was >planning on mounting the new drive until transfer of OS was complete. Might I >encounter "large drive" issues with the 320gb drive in that enclosure in the >same way that some older 3.5"/5.25" enclosures can't address drives larger >than 127gb? >5) How much will I notice the slower drive? > >Aside: Every site online that's selling this Western Digital drive indicates >that it's a PATA drive, including the comments from people saying it's the >biggest drive they could get for their old machine. (T41 requires PATA, not >SATA.) Yet Western Digital's own page about the drive calls it a SATA drive! >http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=599&language=en > >Thanks in advance for any help... > >TK _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
