Satellite A60 - HDD Replacement question

I have an old Toshiba Satellite A60. The HDD has recently died and I am looking to replace it. What I would like to know is what spec of disc drive the Toshiba Satellite A60 can support. It originally had a MK3025GAS
HDD2196B ZE01 S 30GB 2.5" drive.
1. I would like to replace it with a bigger capacity drive. What capacity (gb) and speed can the A60 support ?
2. Do I need to replace it with a toshiba drive or can I use any other 2.5" drive (Seagate, Fujitsu, etc ...) ?

Hi
As far as I know the old Satellite A60 supports an IDE controller.
This means that you have to use an IDE 2.5 HDD (ATA).
As far as I know the older IDE controller are limited to 128GB due to 28bit LBA (logical bit adressing).
So maybe you should start with an 120GB HDD which should be compatible even if the controller would be limited to 128GB.
But ATA-6 standard (also called UATA-100) supports 48bit LBA so in such case its not limited to 128GB. You can check the HDD controller using some freeware tools like Everest Home Edit or SANDRA soft to get details about the controller built in the A60.
> 2. Do I need to replace it with a toshiba drive or can I use any other 2.5" drive
You can use any HDD which meets the requirements (IDE, 2.5)

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