Re: 18 GB HD on ebay for 701

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From: Ed Camin (ecamin_at_advi.net)
Date: Mon Feb 05 2001 - 19:53:52 EST


There goes my theory. It did work on my desktop, with award bios.

Ed
www.ed-camin.com
To err is human, but to blame it on the computer is even more so.
----- Original Message -----
From: James H. E. Maugham <CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com>
To: Ed Camin <ecamin_at_advi.net>; David Ross <ross_at_math.hawaii.edu>; Thinkpad
<thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 12:46 PM
Subject: RE: 18 GB HD on ebay for 701

> Ed,
>
> Ed Camin [mailto:ecamin_at_advi.net] wrote:
>
> > On a desktop, I was able to format a drive on a machine that recognized
a
> > large drive. I formated it into two partitions (8 & 2gig) and put it
into a
> > machine that the max was 8.2gig. Both partitions are recognized. Maybe
it
> > will work on a TP.
>
> Been there, tried that. FDISKED and FORMATTED a Toshiba 10GB drive as 2GB
> primary, 4GB & 4GB in my desktop via a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter and put it in
a
> 755Cx. It wasn't recognized.
>
> I've wanted to try this with my 760XL for a while now, but it's in use 150
miles
> away at the moment.
>
> Regards,
>
> James
>


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