RE: [MLUG] Replacement hard drives for notebook

["Hancock Jr, Denis C." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

 >  -----Original Message-----
 >  From: Neil Bradshaw [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED] 
 >  Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 11:09 AM
 >  To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
 >  Subject: RE: [MLUG] Replacement hard drives for notebook
 
 >  Why don't you just buy a 30 GB drive and kill two birds 
 >  with one stone?
 
A couple reasons:

1.  I can find the 20gb for between $129 (refurb) and $189 (new), but
the 30gb is quite difficult to find.

2.  I am not sure I trust the 30gb in the 9.5mm size....

 >  Dual booting isn't that much to mess with. Install ME, 
 >  install Linux, let LILO or GRUB handle the booting. That's about it.

On the 30, that would be a prefered option. On the 20.... Well I use
database applications under Linux that tend to use a lot of disk space
for database devices and such.

In response to someone else's comment, the Inspiron 4000 has a single
screw that needs to be removed, one drive is slipped out, and the other
slipped in.  Theoretically it is a simple and clean operation and there
is no need to get inside the case.

The ease of access for RAM and hard drives is a far cry from the first
laptop I had (a Zenith 8088-based machine with dual floppies).  With
that machine there were NO options for user replacement of anything.

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Denis Hancock, Database Administrator
Maize Genome Database
213 Curtis Hall, University of Missouri
Columbia  MO 65211
(573) 882-1722

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