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I've got a PC Card Hard drive in my 701C. Here are my comments: 1) If you stay with Windows and Warp, you'll need to download a small program with drivers that'll configure the drive. It's something like pcmata200.exe, I think. It works fine with Windows 3.11, and is unneeded for 95, which I'm using now. Caveat: When I upgraded to Windows 95, it wouldn't recognize the data on the drive. I let it format the drive as something it could read; I've since learned that if I'd used the app from IBM in DOS mode and loaded the old drivers, I could've moved the data onto my hard drive and *then* let Windows re-format the drive. 2) There doesn't seem to be any power management for pc card drives. While the drive eventually spins down, there is a constant low-pitched whine emitting from my speakers as long as the card is in the slot, even if I turn it off using Windows 95's capabilities. 3) They're rugged, or at least mine is. I've dropped the thing and had it sat on by guests too many times to count and never had a problem. And I bought mine used! By the way, it's a Mobilemax 131MB from Maxtor, doublespaced to 250MB, which is a lot of room considering my 701 came with a 360. I got it mostly because I don't like compressing my internal drive, and if the sucker was a 340MB model, I'd be in heaven, disk-space wise. I've never switched it with another system so I don't know how that works. Lots of laptop mags have ads for these, but they aren't cheap new. I'd love to from anyone who's found a good deal on these myself! epbrown On Tue, 16 Jul 1996 10:14:07 -0700, you wrote: > I'm looking for a source(s) for the low profile notepad > hard drives that will fit into a Thinkpad 701. epbrown@enteract.com Laptop Central: www.enteract.com/~epbrown for information about laptops.