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>> I have a Thinkpad 560 with a 1 gb drive and would like to upgrade to >>a 2 gb drive. Will non-IBM drives work properly? If so, which ones? >Just about any *SLIMLINE* (12.5 mm thickness or less), IDE-type 2.5" >notebook drive will do. I put a Toshiba (don't recall model number) in my >TP 560 about 2 or 3 months ago. 2.1 GB size--works splendidly. The drive I was looking at is a Toshiba (I think that there is only one Toshiba 2.1gb slimline). It's a *lot* less expensive than the IBM. A clueless sounding tech person at IBM claimed that it would not work properly in the TP, which didn't make sense to me. >>And will I be able to install a new drive myself? >Piece of cake. Just go to the web site to get some diagrams, etc. so you >have a good idea of what you're doing. Do you know the address? I haven't been able to find diagrams on the web. Thanks. Now if I could just figure out how to add some L2 cache ...