Mike O'Connor wrote:
> Jim Showalter wrote:
>> Mike O'Connor wrote:
>>   
>>> Jon Harrison wrote:
>>>     
>>>> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:32:49 -0700, Jim Showalter wrote:
>>>>       
>>>>> Can any drive which meets the above criteria probably
replace my drive, 
>>>>> which I can probably find for one heck of a lot less?
>>>>>         
>>>> I bought a Seagate ST3500641A, 500gb, for $118.  It's ATA-100.
>>>> Works well w/ Dani's latest drivers.
>>>>
>>>> Jon
>>>>       
>>> Hi Jon, Jim,
>>>
>>> In view of the 2.5" disk mentioned and 4200PRM, I had
assumed this was 
>>> for a Compaq Presario Laptop
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Mike
>> Mike and Jon,
>>
>> My computer is a laptop. Should have mentioned that in my original query.
>>
>> Reading the reviews of the Hitachi Travelstar 80GB that Mike pointed to, 
>> it appears that others have replaced a 4200 RPM drive with this 7200 rpm 
>> in their laptops with no problems.
>>
>> Is there any possibility that the BIOS may have a problem with the change?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>   
> Hi Jim,
> 
> 
> I needed to have a BIOS update in my 1998/1999 vintage Sony VAIO 
> PCG-F190, (because of disk-size) when I upgraded from a 6.4GB to a 30GB 
> disk, but in view of the fact that you already had a disk above the 32GB 
> limit, I would say none at all and the next limitation is the LBA28 
> limitation at 128GB, which Danis506.add may be able to get you over, 
> even if the BIOS can't!
> 
> Regards,
> Mike

Mike,

That's encouraging. I was thinking of only going to 80GB anyway, so 
should avoid any 128GB problems. This PC is not	quite 4 years old. I'll 
consider a newer one next year, but need to get this one where I can run 
a particular gasp gag windows app that needs more disk space than I 
currently have.

Thanks for your help.


 
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