Notebook With Pluggable Hard Drive
I'm looking for a notebook with a 17" widescreen monitor that has its hard
drive available as a plug-in module that is easily removed and replaced. We want to have three separate boot devices: for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, and it's very important that we be able to quickly switch between these. We do NOT want a notebook where you have to unscrew some compartment on the bottom of the computer and then hassle with removing or installing a drive. We want to be able to just press a button and have a drive come out, and be able to instantly plug in a replacement drive, minimum hassle, with the whole exchange done in under 30 seconds. Does any manufacturer make such a notebook? What is make and model? -- W |
Notebook With Pluggable Hard Drive
"W" wrote in message ... I'm looking for a notebook with a 17" widescreen monitor that has its hard drive available as a plug-in module that is easily removed and replaced. We want to have three separate boot devices: for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7, and it's very important that we be able to quickly switch between these. We do NOT want a notebook where you have to unscrew some compartment on the bottom of the computer and then hassle with removing or installing a drive. We want to be able to just press a button and have a drive come out, and be able to instantly plug in a replacement drive, minimum hassle, with the whole exchange done in under 30 seconds. Does any manufacturer make such a notebook? What is make and model? -- W Is for quick travel ? or is a docking bay an option ? Compaq made a lot of them for their stuff. If so check HP/Compaq business website. A lot of their portables have options that eject with a latch, but I think they require undoing a screw for the HDD ( MOST users don't commonly swap HDD- especially on a 17 in pc) , but one captive screw - slide - pop in new one - slide - rescrew - 30 seconds is doable. For what you want I think the HDD would be one assembly so make sure that you take that into account - order not just a "spare drive" but all of the pieces required. ( the case holding the drive etc) You want to make sure you have 2 complete spares ( think of deck of cards and the HDD being the cards - you also need the case to house the HDD (cards), internal connectors etc) Good luck. A good resource is for info is http://www.tomshardware.com/search.p...d+Drive+Laptop |
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