Re: Toshiba satellite m100 hard drive
According to the Toshiba site, that is a standard 2.5" drive.
Terry
"tc" <terrycassidy@msn.com> wrote in message
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> It is unclear which screws you removed. If that computer truly uses 2.5"
> drive, they are standard. I understand some new small computers use 1.8"
> drives.
>
> The screws to remove would be the ones on the bottom. Normally you can see
> the drive ( especially if you know what a 2.5" drive looks like) and
> determine what is not part of the drive. Remove that!!
> Terry
>
> "lizzieb" <noway@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>> Well I removed the screws but that just allowed me to remove the two thin
>> horizontal runners. I have attached a photo - hope that is allowed?
>> There is a thin plastic tab at the rear end.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Lizzie
>> "Ian Singer" <iansinger@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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>>> lizzieb wrote:
>>>> Hi - i opened the flap on the bottom and slid it out. I think it may be
>>>> in
>>>> an enclosure but as it is slightly wider and thicker than just the a
>>>> normal
>>>> drive. Same length though. Should I take it out of the enclosure?
>>>> Looks
>>>> like there is 4 screws that may be holding it in.
>>>
>>> Undo the 4 screws and remove them. Drive slips oout of the carrier.
>>> There is an adapter on the end that pulls off and exposes the two rows
>>> of pins.
>>>
>>> You can hook into your PC with adapter to go to normal size IDE just
>>> make sure that you do not put on same cable as existing hard drive,
>>> otherwise you will have to adjust the jumpers on the laptop drive.
>>>
>>> Ian Singer
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