Ibm thinkpad x24
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The_Other_One
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It appears you have some kind of "caddy" on that computer. At least with Dells you have to remove a couple screws the slide the caddy out. From there you remove some more screws, remove a little connector on the end, and the drive is free. Reverse to rebuild.
As for what drive, it seems you're limited to PATA/IDE/44-pin drives (different names for the same thing). They aren't very common now-of-days so you may have to search for one on ebay or something.
As for getting the drive working, perhaps the easiest way would be using an external CD-ROM of some sort. However, if you have a pair of converters, you could probably mirror the old drive to the new one with software such as Ghost. Free imaging programs are also available from hard drive manufacturer's pages.
As for what drive, it seems you're limited to PATA/IDE/44-pin drives (different names for the same thing). They aren't very common now-of-days so you may have to search for one on ebay or something.
As for getting the drive working, perhaps the easiest way would be using an external CD-ROM of some sort. However, if you have a pair of converters, you could probably mirror the old drive to the new one with software such as Ghost. Free imaging programs are also available from hard drive manufacturer's pages.