Re: [Thinkpad] 40GB HD in i-Series 1200?

From: David Ross <ross_at_math.hawaii.edu>
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 05:39:18 EDT

> Yesterday, together with a serviceman at a local computer shop I inserted
a
> 40GB drive (Fujitsu MHT-2040AT) into my i-Series - and it works fine! For
> those who are interested, my BIOS version is V1.00R (I haven't tried newer
> version due to the lack of a floppy drive).

Note that if you are running Windows 95 or later, then the OS is bypassing
the BIOS to see your HD. If so, you still don't know for sure of your BIOS
can handle this drive. Does it matter? Well, it might, if you try to use
DOS-based maintenance or recovery tools.

- David R.

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