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HDD for the Acer Travelmate 515T

06/11/2009 2:37 AM

I would like to know what is the exact reference for the 4Gbyte HDD of the ACER TRAVELMATE 515T, whether it is a 1,8" or 2,5" disk, and if higher capacity HDD could be used, above 4GByte.

Thank you for your advice..

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Re: HDD for the ACER TRAVELMATE 515T

06/11/2009 4:27 AM

Hello Anitoff:
From the available literature it appears to have a 2.5 inch hard drive, so yes you can replace it with a larger hard drive. If I am looking at the right spec sheet this is a fairly old unit, that originally came with the Windows 98 second edition.

I'm not sure what operating system you are currently running, however the maximum hard drive size that can be read with Windows 98 second edition is 137 GB (I think), since I have limited experience with 98 second edition I am going to assume that there is a patch available to fix that.

I'm also going to assume that you really don't need a very large hard drive if you're living with 4 GB. I have included a links to two different Internet computer parts suppliers, so you can price hard drives.

If you are running Windows 98 second edition there may well be a patch available if you decide to run a drive larger than 137 GB, and since there is very little price difference between an 80 GB and 160 Gigabytes Drive that's probably the way I would go.

Additionally it will probably necessary to partition the hard drive, I would run at least two separate partitions anyway whether it had to be partitioned or not.

I have also included a link to the manufacturers website with the specification sheet I was looking at, so if I have been looking at the wrong spec sheet you will want to do further investigation.

http://www.4allmemory.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.memorySearch3&model_id=31672&product_id=238027&product_type=Other&p=393

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Deepsearchdd.hmx?UID=&CID=

http://www.acersupport.com/notebook/html/tm515tx_specs.html

PS. If I am looking at the right spec sheet it is very important that you order an IDE hard drive, most of the newer units are SATA and will not work in your laptop.

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Re: HDD for the ACER TRAVELMATE 515T

06/11/2009 11:14 PM

however the maximum hard drive size that can be read with Windows 98 second edition is 137 GB (I think

you have to enter the BIOS, select a user defined option for your drive type, then enter 1023 cylinders, 16 heads, and 63 sectors. Format the first partition no larger than 8GB.

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Re: HDD for the ACER TRAVELMATE 515T

06/12/2009 4:57 PM

Hello Bwire:

I knew somebody would know, I got away from Windows 98 just as fast as I could long before 137 GB limitation would've been a problem, if I had enough money in 98 to buy 137 GB of hard drive, I think I would've spent it on a desert island instead, or at least a bunch of fast cars and motorcycles.

It looks like the original poster has flown the coop, the one recommendation I would make in addition to what I already have, donate it to a museum. The emerging basic mini notebooks can easily be had for less than $300, some for less than $200.

While I was browsing mwave I found ACER 10" Aspire One D150 . A 1.6 GHz processor, one gig of RAM, and a 160 gig hard drive, $279.

Not big or fast by today's standards but A rocketship compared to the TRAVELMATE.

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Re: HDD for the ACER TRAVELMATE 515T

06/13/2009 4:45 AM

They could take a bruising from a beverage dispenser these days

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Re: HDD for the Acer Travelmate 515T

06/14/2009 1:56 PM

Thank you for your usefull advices.
Actually, I had an old 515T without HDD, but which once could begin to boot from W2K.I intended to use it to draw printed circuits boards, and 4GByte is more than enough for this purpose.But it does not boot anymore, for an unknown reason.
Either, I had to power it from a car battery, so, probably, I won't need an HDD anymore.T.Y.

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06/14/2009 3:43 PM

That makes sense...Glad to be of help

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