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Lifebook E8120: Replacement for Seagate Momentus needed

post #1 of 14
4/24/11 at 11:00am
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Hi guys.

The harddisk in my lifebook is broken. It's a Seagate Momentus 5400 with 80 GB, model ST98823AS. I was searching for the same disk on ebay but with no success. Does anyone know which harddisks can be used instead?

Thanks.

Caffrey
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post #2 of 14
4/24/11 at 3:07pm
If you want to be on the safe side any SATA 1.5Bb/s drive would do, regardless of brand

cheers ...
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post #3 of 14
4/24/11 at 11:04pm
Thread Starter 
Well, being honest, a little pimpin' wouldn't be bad. smile.gif So let me change my question to: What would be the best harddisk to use?

Cheers!
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post #4 of 14
4/25/11 at 1:07am
smile.gif Go to Amazon, plug in "80gb sata 1.5gb/s drive"

like this one per example

I prefer WD myself regarding SATA drives. Being lucky with them so far.

cheers ...
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post #5 of 14
4/25/11 at 12:04pm
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Hi qhn,

Thanks for your help so far. I am know thinking of applying a SSD disk. What do you think about that idea? Are they compatible with the notebook controller or do these disks pretend there were “normal“ ones?
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post #6 of 14
4/26/11 at 6:47am
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Hi again,

I bought a 60GB Vertex II SSD and I am currently installing Win7. I am really curious if Win7 contains all the drivers for my notebooks components!

Regards.
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post #7 of 14
4/26/11 at 8:53am
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Hmmmm, Win7 did not work. Even the vista versions of the drivers were not recognized. Sad!

Now it's time for XP again......
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post #8 of 14
4/27/11 at 2:27am
I would first at least install Windows 7 all the way, then go onto the net to pick up its updates - this is the important step where Windows 7 would search the corresponding drivers for your system

cheers ,,,
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post #9 of 14
4/27/11 at 2:28am
... and I am not too crazy about SSD on few years old systems winknudge.gif How do you like it?

cheers ...
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post #10 of 14
4/28/11 at 8:51am
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Hi. I installed Win7 again because I was told that older win versions could mess up the SSD quickly by writing into the same ram areas rather than distributing.

After that I visited the Intel page and used their component detector to install the chipset drivers. Everything apart from the graphics was set up fine afterwards. Well, and after a visit at ATI.com all sorted out.

Cheers (I am currently enjoying a cold beer in the sun)
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post #11 of 14
4/28/11 at 12:57pm
Have a great drink ... but be careful ... notebooks don't like liquid wink.gif

cheers ...
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post #12 of 14
5/1/11 at 5:22am
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Hehe, don't worry, I will not spill one single drop....... smile.gif

I am missing the hotkey handling in Win7, especially for volume and brightness. Any idea how to enable them?
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post #13 of 14
5/2/11 at 5:20am
Install the app in compatible mode?

cheers ...
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post #14 of 14
5/6/11 at 11:38pm
Thread Starter 
Hm. I was wondering if Win7 really knows that a SSD is connected. I mean so that the memory cells are written equally. Does anyone know if the component manager shows some info about this.

Cheers
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