Hitachi TravelStar 5K 160 in Toshiba Tecra M3

does anyone know if I can replace the existing in my laptop drive with the
Hitachi TravelStar 5K 160 - I need to increase my disk space :-)

Hello

I agree with Tabby. Theoretically, there should not be any problem, but I'm kinda consider about the BIOS. I hope that the whole capacity will be recognized correctly. Otherwise, I read some reviews here where forum users reports on upgrade correctly on older models as your Tecra.

On this forum, each report with success is welcome and please let us know results upgrade.

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