Get the Scorpio Black, rather than the blue...  with the 16 mb cache.  It is
$79.99 at www.directron.com, which I consider the best vendor available.

>From what we can tell so far, the larger the drive, the shorter the life.

Then there is the terrific Seagate 500 GB with GShock for $107.99   which is
probably a better drive.


Do not discount the 250 GB and 320 GB drives by Seagate and Western Digital.


RB
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I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.

..  ...   ....    .....     ......     Marshal McLuhan



On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Peter Machule <[email protected]> wrote:

> In-laws have a  Z61m   with a 40GB ??  HD.
> Want a much larger  HD.
> Anything weird on these models   in terms  of whitelisting  and / or  other
> issues ?
>
>
> I will likely get a  WD 500GB    via this   thread ,..though the  price has
> already gone up.
>
> http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/991374?highlight_key=y&keyword1=500gb
>
> If  anyone has  suggestions of alternate  drives    or  alternate sources,
> I'd  appreciate that too.
>
> Plan is to use the WD  Backup utility  to clone the existing HD  to the WD
> in a USB  adapter.
> ;-}
>
>
> ...peter..
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