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IBM Think Pad T23 has a bad hard drive

by bobway May 24, 2005 2:36PM PDT

Need I replace my existing hard drive with another
IBM product or would a Western Digital/Maxtor/Seagate product suffice?

Thank you,

James Work

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Try it.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 24, 2005 9:07PM PDT

Years ago it mattered. Today, you only need to be close.

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9.5mm

by ikenfixit May 24, 2005 11:04PM PDT

Bob is right these are not propietary for the most part. Just about any 9.5 m drive will work..

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Old IBM TravelStar Drives...

by server May 25, 2005 2:13AM PDT

Many IBM TravelStar drives are inherently
defective. The brand has since been picked
up by Hitachi and updated. Just make sure you
don't buy an older IBM drive.

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