On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:46 AM, Ray Rashif <schivmeister@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 17 December 2010 22:34, Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:22 AM, Joe Hartley <jh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:14:48 +0100 >>> Philipp Ãberbacher <hollunder@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> I have a little question as well: Can a laptop HD be replaced >>>> with a SSD without trouble >>> >>> A slightly longer answer: Yes, as long as the laptop supports SATA. ÂI >>> thought I'd replace the drive in my ThinkPad T43, but it uses an older >>> type drive with a very different connector, so obviously that didn't work >>> for me. >> >> I had a Compaq laptop that looked like it had a different connector. >> Turned out that Compaq attaced a different connector to the SATA port >> before inserting it into the machine's drive port. Possibly your >> ThinkPad is similar? > > Laptops either have SATA or IDE. Both types of connections are of a > different form factor compared to their 3.5" counterparts. However, on > first look, the SATA one would give you the impression that you can't > just buy another disk and put it in there. That's because there's an > extra attachment to the existing disk that needs to be taken out and > slotted onto the new one. So we're in agreement, right? - Mark _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
