Something to keep in mind is that some Laptop BIOS' won't let you 
change hard drives, or they will limit the size.  I've had two
laptops - one allowed two sizes, and the other was flexible.
You might want to research that first.

George


"Bryce C." wrote:
> 
> After being on vacation for a week, I have finally returned home to find
> myself reading >700 e-mails. (For those interested, it was divided about
> 50/50 Junk/PLUG.) Anyway, now that I'm caught up with that, I have time
> to play the the laptop I bought on vacation (yes, work is never far) and
> I'm now working on scrounging parts for it.  It cost about $90 and the
> PCMCIA NIC $20 at a PC consignment shoppe but of course taht also means
> it's been used.  This is a Dell Latitude XP 4100CX laptop running a
> 486DX(Yes, for real), 1.2Gb HD, 12Mb RAM, and a floppy.  First thing is
> first, can anyone tell me of a good place for a replacement battery
> cheap.  Its has been toasted (memory thing) and it really isn't all that
> useful w/o a battery.  I've got a couple bids on eBay but I was hoping
> for something a little more immediate.  Second, I'd like a larger HD for
> Linux.  Since it doesn't have a CD-ROM drive, I'd like to copy the
> distro disks to the HD so I can install packages on the road.  Can
> anyone tell me of a good place for cheap, large capacity, 2.5" HDs and
> possibly their price & size.
> 
> Bryce C.
> Network Administrator
> CoBryce Communications
> Bryce @ BryceCo . Net
> 
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