From: Voltaire Almendrala (valmen_at_pacbell.net)
Date: Sun Apr 01 2001 - 17:23:46 EDT
I'm using a Win98SE boot disk for fdisk & format. I used IBM's DFT v2.10 to
check the drive & make sure that it works fine. Thanks for your suggestions!
-VA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Schumann" <cschumann_at_twp-llc.com>
To: "Voltaire Almendrala" <valmen_at_pacbell.net>; <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [TP560Z] Help with 20GB HD Upgrade
> What OS are you trying? If for some reason you're using NT4, your boot
> partition is indeed limited to 8.4GB for NTFS, 4.2GB NTFS if you use the
> installation software to make the partition, and a typical 2.1GB FAT16
> if you're opting for that.
>
> Try using fdisk of some sort to delete all your partitions and start over.
>
> Or, try Ranish Partition Manager (it's free, and at
> http://www.users.intercom.com/~ranish/part/) to make your partition
> table jump hoops... or just make and format a FAT32 partition with it.
>
> Good luck,
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Voltaire Almendrala <valmen_at_pacbell.net>
> To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 2:08 AM
> Subject: [TP560Z] Help with 20GB HD Upgrade
>
>
> > I upgraded the HD on a TP560Z (2640-90U) that I just bought and found
that
> > the drive would only format to 8.4GB. I have the latest BIOS installed
on
> > this machine and have checked IBM's web site for compatibility issues
> before
> > purchasing this drive (IBM said that the DJSA-220 will work in this
> > machine). Have also emailed our resident guru (Bill Morrow) on whether a
> > 20GB would work on this machine and he said it should. I'm really
> stumped -
> > would some kind soul please help me out? Much thanks! :-)
> >
> > -VA
> >
> >
>
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