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I would recommend the following: IBM DCRA-22160 2.1GB from Bason computers $329 - 800-238-4453 or IBM DLGA-23080 3.0GB from Bason computers $499 Caddy for thinkpad from PS Solutions: $ not sure but most probably under $75 - Their phone number is 972-548-8080 - They have caddies for 355, 360, 750, 755, 760, 365, and 701. Maybe for 560 as well but its not in the catalog. So if you got the 2.1GB plus the caddy that gives you a grand total of $404 plus shipping. And it's a genuine IBM hard drive. On 18 Aug 1997, John Interrante wrote: > Hello, I'm a grad student in the Computer System Laboratory at > Stanford University. In February, I bought a ThinkPad 760EL from > ReQuest Technology in Palo Alto. It came with Windows 95 on a 1.08GB > hard disk drive. I thought about installing Linux, but kept using > Windows 95 and now my existing HDD's too full to let me install a full > Linux distribution (X, Emacs, TeX, etc.). I'm thinking about buying a > bigger HDD, installing Windows on it, and putting Linux on my existing > 1.08GB HDD since Linux isn't as space-hungry as Windows. I've been > checking mail-order prices for 2.1GB drives on some websites and > here's what I've found: > > 2.1GB HDD: IBM P/N 69H8414 > $518 - Procom Technology (ATOM2000TP2U) > $524 - Portable Enhancements (Toshiba slimline 2.1GB in 760 caddy) > $580 - Road Warrior Int'l IBM ThinkPad 760 HDD kit (DKIB760-21R) > $586 - CMS Enhancements 2.0GB Easy Plug-Easy Go (TP760E-2.0) > $615 - Simple Technologies (STM-TP760HD/2100) > $706 - Apricorn (21IBM76) > $725 - Sigma Data (QED/TP760-2.1CD) > $810 - IBM (69H8414) > > I don't want to risk buying a drive from one of these non-IBM > companies without as much information as possible. I'd like to appeal > to the ThinkPad mailing list for experiences with any of these > companies. Procom Technology says on its website (www.procom.com) > that they manufacture their own drives, so I have to wonder how > reliable their drives are (I've heard that IBM and Toshiba make the > BEST drives). Sigma Data says on their website (www.sigmadata.com) > that they buy their drives from IBM and IBM will even perform warranty > service on Sigma Data drives just like IBM drives. The carrying case > shown on their website is a nice touch too for people who have to > carry a second HDD around. Still, I'd like to ask people's opinions > of these companies. Or if someone were to offer to sell me a used > 2.1GB or 3.0GB HDD in a 760 caddy for the right price, I'd be very > interested. :-) (I'd want to use a third-party intermediary called > Trade-Direct, www.trade-direct.com, to protect myself if I bought a > used HDD from somebody who I didn't know.) > > Sincerely yours, > > John Interrante > > Fax: 1-415-325-1747 > Email: interran@uluru.stanford.edu > >