Replacement HDD on Compaq 2800

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Can't answer your first question, but replacing the 20Gb 4200rpm drive in my
Sony C1MT with a Hitachi 60Gb 7200rpm drive has made a noticeable difference
to performance in anything involving disk I/O, such as booting the system,
loading Photoshop, opening and saving files, etc. And the battery life
doesn't seem much diminished by the faster drive, so its power consumption
doesn't seem to be much different.

Nick

"leon willard" <leonwill@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:2ip6kuFpo4vqU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Can a larger and faster hard disc drive be installed in a Compaq 2806CL
> notebook? I presently have a 40GB 4200 rpm hard drive, and it's pretty
> obvious that this hard disc is a weak point in performance. If one can be
> installed, would I actually notice the difference in performance, or are
> there other limiting factors such as bus speed.?
> Leon
>
>

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Hey thanks guys. That's exactly the information I need, and it all sounds
hopeful. Guess I better start shopping for that new drive. -- Leon




"leon willard" <leonwill@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:2ip6kuFpo4vqU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Can a larger and faster hard disc drive be installed in a Compaq 2806CL
> notebook? I presently have a 40GB 4200 rpm hard drive, and it's pretty
> obvious that this hard disc is a weak point in performance. If one can be
> installed, would I actually notice the difference in performance, or are
> there other limiting factors such as bus speed.?
> Leon
>
>
>