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If I buy new hard drives for this computer, Satellite X205-Sli4, will I be able to install the operating system I want on them, or will they also be "locked" and not able to accept any software except the restore disks that came with this laptop? (See my previous post, hard drives locked). If so, do I have to buy Toshiba hard drives, or can I buy any make I want for it? Also, is there a predetermined maximum size hard drive that this computer will accept?
Thanks,
Snyde

Your drive was not locked.
See my reply to your other message.
-Jerry

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JCaravella wrote:
I have an issue wher my external hard drives have becom locked and cannot unlock them. Syas I do not have sufficient priviledges.
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Sometimes I don't think before I do, and I should have thought about that but I'm not too familiar with Macs yet, I've only had it a few months. BUT...
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For anyone else who needs help with this issue, here's the URL that helped me:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=90894
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BDAqua wrote:
I think your drives would last far longer never spinning down than spinning up many times a day.
I have serious doubts about this much repeated statement.
It is some years since I last researched drive longevity in relation to top end IBM drives. At that time it appeared that server drives had their life optimised for less than one start-up per day and desktop drives for much more frequent start-ups.
Since I have always bought 5 year guaranteed drives (for my desktops and servers) rather than being too concerned about if they are classed as server or desktop there is a tendency for them to be classed as server drives. My policy has a minor quirk see: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1281391
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