I had purchased an Akasa integral USB-2 IDE drive carrier to connect the second disk drive, which was seen just fine by the Windows XP operating system. What did prove to be less easy was copying the bootable operating system (Windows XP, tablet edition) onto the new drive, using just the laptop hardware and a few accessories. I purchased a Toshiba branded replacement drive with the vague idea that I might be less likely to have compatibility problems, but in the event the original drive was an IBM TravelStar, so I guess I need not have worried about that. Upgrading the disk drive hardware is very easy (taking appropriate anti-static precautions, of course): one screw to slip out the old disk drive, two screws hold the "carrier", and transfer it to the new drive (not so much a carrier as a tab to pull the installed drive out of its bay). (With 0.75Gb of RAM, it runs Eclipse quite happily.) But, inevitably, I find that I want more than the originally supplied 40Gb disk capacity (which was, in its day, quite generous for a machine of this class). I've had faithful service from my Toshiba Portege 3500 for nearly three years, and in most respects it still satisfies my needs for a system that is both very portable and powerful enough to do basic sofware and web development activities. Toshiba Portege 3500 disk upgrade Toshiba Portege 3500 disk upgrade Contents
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