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2.5" disk - what do 1/4H, 1/6H, 1/8H mean?
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Brian Cryer
Jan 10, 2007, 4:54:56 AM1/10/07
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I'm looking at a replacement laptop disk. Some sites now list some disks as
2.5" x 1/8H, 2.5" x 1/6H, 2.5" x 1/4H (or just simply as 2.5"). I'm not
familiar with the 1/4H (etc) designation, could someone tell me what it
means and how I can tell from my existing disk which I need?
2.5" x 1/8H, 2.5" x 1/6H, 2.5" x 1/4H (or just simply as 2.5"). I'm not
familiar with the 1/4H (etc) designation, could someone tell me what it
means and how I can tell from my existing disk which I need?
TIA.
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leew
Mar 17, 2007, 2:00:42 AM3/17/07
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I can't say I've ever seen the 1/8, 1/6, 1/4 designations before.
Most sites measure drives in height by mm - millimeter. I'd suggest
looking up the drive that's in your laptop and confirming it's size at
the manufacturer's web site and then find one with comparable physical
specifications.
-Lee
CBFalconer
Mar 17, 2007, 7:30:31 AM3/17/07
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leew wrote: *** and top-posted - fixed ***
> Brian Cryer wrote:
>
>> I'm looking at a replacement laptop disk. Some sites now list
>> some disks as 2.5" x 1/8H, 2.5" x 1/6H, 2.5" x 1/4H (or just
>> simply as 2.5"). I'm not familiar with the 1/4H (etc) designation,
>> could someone tell me what it means and how I can tell from my
>> existing disk which I need?
>
> Brian Cryer wrote:
>
>> I'm looking at a replacement laptop disk. Some sites now list
>> some disks as 2.5" x 1/8H, 2.5" x 1/6H, 2.5" x 1/4H (or just
>> simply as 2.5"). I'm not familiar with the 1/4H (etc) designation,
>> could someone tell me what it means and how I can tell from my
>> existing disk which I need?
>
> I can't say I've ever seen the 1/8, 1/6, 1/4 designations before.
>
> Most sites measure drives in height by mm - millimeter. I'd
> suggest looking up the drive that's in your laptop and confirming
> it's size at the manufacturer's web site and then find one with
> comparable physical specifications.
>
> Most sites measure drives in height by mm - millimeter. I'd
> suggest looking up the drive that's in your laptop and confirming
> it's size at the manufacturer's web site and then find one with
> comparable physical specifications.
Please don't top-post. Your answer belongs after (or intermixed
with) the material you quote, after snipping irrelevancies.
IIRC "Full Height" refers to 3 3/4 inch high units, thus 1/2 is 1
7/8 inches, etc.
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<http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>
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