Re: Larger harddrives in older Thinkpads

From: rdsims (rdsims_at_odyssey.on.ca)
Date: Thu Mar 01 2001 - 16:09:05 EST

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Bill..

Did you try IBM's Disk Manager or Drive Guide Programs?.. I used Drive
Guide to install a 12Gig in a 385XD.. Drive Guide installs EZ-Bios, to
overcome the machine's built-in bios drive limitations.

Dave

William Van Tuyl wrote:

> O.K., so I tried to get a 3GB hd in a 755C and I haven't
> succeeded yet. Before I waste another gob of hours, has any
> one gotten a drive bigger than 2+GB in a 360 thru 755
> series?
>
> I tried several disk managers but no luck. I keep getting a
> 174 (hard drive) error. If I could get to the drive table I
> might be able to set a basic drive (1024/64/63) but then how
> would BIOS keep it? Anyone know of a BIOS setup program
> that would work?
>
> TIA
>
> Bill

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