Hard disk drives

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IBM sold its HDD manufacturing to Hitachi, who continued to use the Travelstar name for notebook drives.

IBM/Hitachi harddisk naming scheme

Hitachi harddisk names (on modern drives) are a set of letters and numbers that in fact tell a lot about the specifications of the drive. The designation follows the pattern:

H T S 72 60 60 M 9 AT 00
H [t] [?] [rr] [??] [ss] [?] [h] [ii] [??]
  • the H is for Hitachi
  • [t] is a single letter designating the drive type, like
    • T = Travelstar
    • D = Deskstar
    • E = Endurastar
  • following is a mystical single letter.
  • [rr] is the first two digits of speed in RPM, i.e. 54 for 5400 RPM.
  • next two are strange, they match the marketing/branding name for the drives, like 7K60 would be HTS7260... . So they might just separate drive generations or something like that. But they also match the size of the biggest available drive in that series.
  • [ss] is two digits giving the size in GB. 100gig drives have a 10 here.
  • following is a letter that is probably placed as a riddle for anyone who wants to interpret the naming scheme.
  • [h] is the drives height in full millimeters, first digit, i.e. 9 for 9.5mm .
  • [ii] is a two digit code for the drives interface, like this:
    • AT = IDE/ATA
    • SA = IDE/SATA
    • CE = IDE/ZIF
    • CF = Compact Flash
    • L3 = SCSI/Ultra320
    • LF = FC-AL
  • two numerical digits are following, might be some kind of revision, might be something else.

Available drives from IBM or Lenovo

2.5" 9.5mm SATA

Capacity RPM PartNr. FRU Manufacturer Model ThinkPad Models
60GB 5400 40Y8723
100GB 5400 40Y8721
60GB 7200 41N3012
100GB 7200 41N3013

2.5" 9.5mm PATA

Capacity RPM PartNr. FRU Manufacturer Model ThinkPad Models
6GB 4200 05K9237 05K9227, 05K9228
10GB 4200 08K9510 08K9508, 08K9531
12GB 4200 05K9238
15GB 4200 08K9588 08K9585, 08K9587
20GB 4200 27L3439 27L3441, 08K9548
20GB 4200 08K9686 27L4286
30GB 4200 08K9593 08K9590, 08K9592
40GB 5400 08K9687 08K9599
40GB 5400 08K9816
60GB 4200 08K9833 T30
60GB 4200 13N6706 13N6707 Hitachi IC25N060ATMR04-0 R51
60GB 5400 08K9688 08K9700
60GB 5400 73P3357 13N6893
60GB 7200 13N6807 Hitachi HTS726060M9AT00 T41p, T42p, T43, T43p
80GB 4200 08K9869 08K9863
80GB 5400 13N6798 13N6805 Hitachi HTS548080M9AT00 T41p, T42p, T43p
80GB 5400 09N4273
100GB 5400 40Y8716

2.5" 12.5mm PATA

Capacity RPM PartNr. FRU Manufacturer Model ThinkPad Models
18GB 4200 05K9239
32GB 5400 08K9511
48GB 5400 08K9600

1.8" 9.5mm PATA

Capacity RPM PartNr. FRU Manufacturer Model ThinkPad Models
20GB 4200 Hitachi HTC426020G7AT00 X40
60GB 4200 73P3358

2.5" PATA (770 series)

Capacity RPM PartNr. FRU Manufacturer Model ThinkPad Models
5.1GB 11J8947
8.1GB 02K0517
14.1GB 02K0526

2.5" PATA (380,385,560,570,600 series)

Capacity RPM PartNr. FRU Manufacturer Model ThinkPad Models
1.08GB 46H4208
2.1GB 73H9797
2.1GB 45H8783
3.2GB 02K0487
4.0GB 02K0501
4.0GB 05K8871
5.1GB 02K0506
6.0GB 05K9199
6.4GB 02K0518
10GB 36L9293
12GB 05K9200
18GB 37L2993

2.5" SCSI-2 (PowerPC ThinkPads)

Capacity RPM PartNr. FRU Manufacturer Model ThinkPad Models
540MB 30H1388 820, 850, 860
810MB 30H1392 820, 850, 860
1.2GB 30H1467 820, 850, 860