Date:  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:54:51 +0200
From:  Taco Scargo <taco (at mark) scargo.nl>
Subject:  [coba-e:16070] Re: Drive on verge of failure
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You could use any equal or larder SATA drive to replace the faulty one.
That's what I would suggest, instead of using a (more expensive and  
probably slower) 2.5 inch drive

On 27 sep 2009, at 19:00, Martyn Bailey wrote:

> Fairly old box, two WD1200SJ SATA drives - one of which is
> looking like it's about to die.
>
> Pretty much impossible to source these drives now, but there are
> plenty 2.5inch 120 SATA drives around.
>
> Can anyone think why one of these wouldn't do as a replacement?
>
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