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   Ed Vance to Wilfred van Velzen   
   Re: Large HDD For W95   
   09 Jun 16 21:40:00   
   
   05-30-16 13:46 Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Large HDD For W95   
      
    WvV> @MSGID: <574CBA45.14751.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    WvV> Hi Ed,   
   Howdy! Wilfred,   
    WvV> On 2016-05-29 23:06:00, you wrote to All:   
      
    EV> I am thinking about putting a HDD in an old W95 Notebook.   
      
    EV> The 1.3 GB HDD that is in it has had problems and I quit using it   
    EV> some time ago, but I've been thinking of changing the HDD out with   
    EV> a larger one, but I have no idea how large of a HDD the W95 OS can use.   
      
    EV> The HDD it has is a 12.5mm 2.5 inch Enhanced-IDE HDD, so I most likely   
    EV> will have to find a used one, as I don't think 2.5" EIDE HDD's are   
    EV> made anymore.   
      
    EV> Any ideas?   
      
    WvV> Transcend has a range of 2.5" Pata SSD's, if you're willing to spend   
    WvV> the bucks:   
      
    WvV> http://transcend-info.com/Embedded/Products/No-512   
      
   Thanks, I looked through their pages but didn't see a price on any of them,   
   So I clicked the Where To Buy link and looked for them at a couple of stores.   
   I saw one advertised at $30.00 USD for 1GB SSD but don't want to buy the   
   High Price Spread.   
      
   Thanks anyway.   
      
      
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