There is nothing wrong with Hitachi, Maxtor doesn't make 2.5" drives, WD 
almost doesn't make them (just a few and relatively scarce ) [and I know 
of no history that suggests to avoid those that do exist].  Nor do I 
know of any reason to avoid Seagate 2.5" drives.


SMS wrote:

> ramachandran.balu@gmail.com wrote:
> 
>> I have a Toshiba A15 S1292 laptop. Its hard disk is 30 GB and model
>> MK3021GAS. I would like to replace the 30GB hard disk with new 60 GB
>> hard disk, as the 30GB hard disk crashed.
>>
>> I am planning to go for Toshiba hard drive model MK6021GAS( 60GB). I am
>>
>> not sure whether this hard drive is compatible for A15 s1292 laptop. I
>> am not able to find any document or web site where the compatibility
>> details are given. I am not able to find that info on
>> "www.toshiba.com". 
> 
> 
> That drive is fine, but you aren't limited to Toshiba. For 2.5" drives, 
> you need to be careful. You want to avoid Hitachi, Seagate, Maxtor and 
> Western Digital.
> 
> Toshiba is fine, as is Fujitsu, i.e. 
> "http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822153022"