Re: Larger harddrives in older Thinkpads

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From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Mar 01 2001 - 17:19:24 EST

He is probably trying to use the original caddy. No good,
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Rovelstad <richard.rovelstad_at_worldnet.att.net>
To: <wvantuyl_at_iso.net>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 4:21 PM
Subject: RE: Larger harddrives in older Thinkpads

> I have a 3.1gb Toshiba in my 755cd w/o an overlay, but that's a little
newer
> than yours. I use IBM's Disk Manager in my 300 w/ 800mb.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Van Tuyl [mailto:wvantuyl_at_iso.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 2:50 PM
> To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> Subject: Larger harddrives in older Thinkpads
>
>
> 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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