someone just posted the way to do this per dell instructions.

check here, let us know how you make out.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_harddrive&message.id=33359

Message Edited by boppo on 07-06-2004 10:24 AM

The instructions worked as stated. All went fine.

Dell Inspiron 600M
Bios A12
Pentium-M 1.7
1024 MB DDR 266mhz
ATI Radeon 9000 64 Meg
Fujitsu 40gb HD
HL-DT-ST 24x Combo CD-RW/DVD
SigmaTel C-Major Audio
Dell TrueMobile 802.11b/g
Windows XP SP2

I just have one question I have a 8500 inspiron- Did you get the hard drive pack with the initial purchase of your computer or did you get the try after from a after market vendor?

The hard drive was bought after the initial purchase from Dell parts.

Dell Inspiron 600M
Bios A12
Pentium-M 1.7
1024 MB DDR 266mhz
ATI Radeon 9000 64 Meg
Fujitsu 40gb HD
HL-DT-ST 24x Combo CD-RW/DVD
SigmaTel C-Major Audio
Dell TrueMobile 802.11b/g
Windows XP SP2