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#106189 - 10/11/03 07:30 AM Wow..it was easy!
JohnR Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/06/03 Posts: 6675	Last night I replaced the hard drive in my powerbook with the new one and it was really easy! Took about 15-20 minutes max. Saved me $60 <br><br>
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#106190 - 10/11/03 08:25 AM Re: Wow..it was easy! [Re: JohnR]
sross Pooh-Bah Registered: 04/20/02 Posts: 2029 Loc: Texas	And?..........................any spinning beachballs?<br><br>
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#106191 - 10/11/03 08:31 AM Re: Wow..it was easy! [Re: sross]
JohnR Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/06/03 Posts: 6675	Well, so far it's running fine. Like before, it doesn't happen right away...so keep your fingers crossed.<br><br>What's weird now is my firewire hard drive is reading as a 120GB one now. <br><br>
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#106192 - 10/11/03 09:10 AM Re: Wow..it was easy! [Re: JohnR]
Trog Savior Registered: 07/17/02 Posts: 10955 Loc: Ivory tower	Excellent news! What kind of drive was the one you replaced?<br><br>
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#106193 - 10/11/03 09:12 AM Re: Wow..it was easy! [Re: Trog]
JohnR Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/06/03 Posts: 6675	The one that is in it now is a Toshiba 40GB hard drive.<br><br>
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#106194 - 10/11/03 09:55 AM Re: Wow..it was easy! [Re: JohnR]
Trog Savior Registered: 07/17/02 Posts: 10955 Loc: Ivory tower	I meant the bad one. I just wanted to know for future reference what NOT to get. <br><br>
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#106195 - 10/11/03 09:58 AM Re: Wow..it was easy! [Re: Trog]
JohnR Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/06/03 Posts: 6675	That was in the PB? It was an IBM travelstar, which is actually made by Hitachi.<br><br>
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#106196 - 10/11/03 10:06 AM Re: Wow..it was easy! [Re: JohnR]
Trog Savior Registered: 07/17/02 Posts: 10955 Loc: Ivory tower	Oh, ha, nevermind. That is the same that has been in mine for the past three years without a hitch.<br><br>All drives are not equal.<br><br>
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#106197 - 10/11/03 11:10 AM Re: Wow..it was easy! [Re: Trog]
hayesk Carpal Tunnel Registered: 09/25/02 Posts: 3639 Loc: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	Nope. I think every brand has had bad drives. My wife and I bought identical iBooks three years ago. Her iBook's hard drive is nice and quiet, but mine (which is the exact same brand/model) is loud and "tinny". Both of them have worked perfectly for the past three years though.<br><br>
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#106198 - 10/11/03 12:41 PM Re: Wow..it was easy! [Re: hayesk]
Trog Savior Registered: 07/17/02 Posts: 10955 Loc: Ivory tower	That's what I meant. How about "not all drives from the same manufactuerer are created equal?"<br><br>
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