Re: Drive not seen

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Mon Sep 30 2002 - 13:26:05 EDT

see below..

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----- Original Message -----
From: "ronjulian" <fidel_at_webcoast2coast.net>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 11:56 AM
Subject: Drive not seen

> I have tried to fdisk and format a drive for my thinkpad 701. Can I do

sure..!

> this on a NON thinkpad?

sure..!

 will the tp "see" a HDD done on a desk top with
> ontrack or some other software?

hard to say..
last i heard, ontrack did something with the bios..
if its getting bios info from a different computer, it won't be valid on the
701..
i THINK..

After doing the work on my desk top the
> 701 will not see the disk size. A 3.4 gig HDD shows up in bios as a 28
> meg and will not access it.

access issues aside, the 701 will only report that amount of HDD capacity
OVER the gig demarcation..
i.e. if your drive is a 3.4gig with a real 3.28 billion bytes, the 701's
bios will only show the .28 billion, or 28 megs or whatever..
(bear in mind, i can't add with my socks on!)

>
> What is the fix?

do the ontrack stuff on the 701, but WHY not do it on the 701..
it will see a 3.4gig drive just fine..

i HAVE experienced "issues" with non-travelstar drives (toshiba for one) in
701's..

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