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Small hard drives drive me nuts. I always want to put in the largest hard drive available. That way I can load all my music MP3s and whatever else I want to. I have a ThinkPad T61 with a 100 gig hard drive. Research has shown that these models came with up to 160 gig HDs during their manufacture. Pics Below:
http://www.google.com/search?tbm=is...nkpad+t61&gbv=2&aq=6&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=ThinkPad
I want to add a 1 terrabyte external hardrive to be installed 99% of the time. I'm thinking of a WD Passport 1T. See link below:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136755
They seem really handy and are incredibly small. They've had them at some good prices lately. Several weeks ago I bought a 750 gig WD Passport HD for $69.99 at Costco. It came with the usual cables etc., but it also came with a neoprene zippered case for the hard drive and cable. Vendors on the web sell it without the case and charge you $10.00 extra for the case. At Costco the 750 gig HD is $89.99. Several weeks ago they offerred a $20.00 instant rebate at the register. For $69.99 it was a great deal.
This is what I was going to do. On the right side near the rear of the T61 are 2 USB ports which are in a great location for my project. I'd take a wide strip of Velcro (the furry side) and fasten it to the right rear on top of the closed laptop. I'd then place the velcro (the hooky side) on the bottom of the external hard drive. When the laptop is closed it is only 2 inches in distance between the USB outlet on the laptop and the cable plug in on the hard drive. When the laptop is open this changes to a distance of about 5 inches +/- referring to how long the cable must be. I may be able to special order a reduced length cable from Western Digital if I feel that I must have a shorter cable. I'll probably just fold the cable over and shorten it with zip wire ties. I could even put heatshrink tubing over it for a more polished look. For adhesive I'd choose black silicone RTV, caulking that is available at auto stores. I've glued things with silicone RTV in the past and it is incredibly strong.
The point is that I could tell Media Monkey Gold to look for my music files there. The hard drives are incredibly small if we reflect on the past. Dimensions are 3.3 inches x 4.5 inches x .7 inches.
This would get around the size limitations for Hard Drives in the BIOS. Besides that's an incredible increase in storage space. I realize that I could have posted this in Memory and Storage, but I thought others with laptops may think about doing something similar.
Transfer speed would be limited to a speed of USB 2.0. I think that would be OK. Does anyone see any drawbacks here, besides the little hump on the rear top of my laptop?
http://www.google.com/search?tbm=is...nkpad+t61&gbv=2&aq=6&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=ThinkPad
I want to add a 1 terrabyte external hardrive to be installed 99% of the time. I'm thinking of a WD Passport 1T. See link below:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136755
They seem really handy and are incredibly small. They've had them at some good prices lately. Several weeks ago I bought a 750 gig WD Passport HD for $69.99 at Costco. It came with the usual cables etc., but it also came with a neoprene zippered case for the hard drive and cable. Vendors on the web sell it without the case and charge you $10.00 extra for the case. At Costco the 750 gig HD is $89.99. Several weeks ago they offerred a $20.00 instant rebate at the register. For $69.99 it was a great deal.
This is what I was going to do. On the right side near the rear of the T61 are 2 USB ports which are in a great location for my project. I'd take a wide strip of Velcro (the furry side) and fasten it to the right rear on top of the closed laptop. I'd then place the velcro (the hooky side) on the bottom of the external hard drive. When the laptop is closed it is only 2 inches in distance between the USB outlet on the laptop and the cable plug in on the hard drive. When the laptop is open this changes to a distance of about 5 inches +/- referring to how long the cable must be. I may be able to special order a reduced length cable from Western Digital if I feel that I must have a shorter cable. I'll probably just fold the cable over and shorten it with zip wire ties. I could even put heatshrink tubing over it for a more polished look. For adhesive I'd choose black silicone RTV, caulking that is available at auto stores. I've glued things with silicone RTV in the past and it is incredibly strong.
The point is that I could tell Media Monkey Gold to look for my music files there. The hard drives are incredibly small if we reflect on the past. Dimensions are 3.3 inches x 4.5 inches x .7 inches.
This would get around the size limitations for Hard Drives in the BIOS. Besides that's an incredible increase in storage space. I realize that I could have posted this in Memory and Storage, but I thought others with laptops may think about doing something similar.
Transfer speed would be limited to a speed of USB 2.0. I think that would be OK. Does anyone see any drawbacks here, besides the little hump on the rear top of my laptop?
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