Re: [Thinkpad] Seagate 120GB hard disk in T43

Downgrade the BIOS two or three levels until the message goes away
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Murphy" <tim@birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:25 AM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Seagate 120GB hard disk in T43

>
> Is anyone happily running Windows XP with one of these large Seagate
disks?
> I tried one in my T43 (model 1871-12G).
> It works perfectly in the Ultrabay.
> But when I put it in the hard drive bay
> I get the warning
> --------------------------------
> The hard disk drive you have installed has not been qualified
> for use in this computer or does not have the latest firmware.
> Using a drive that is not qualified may cause compatibility issues
> and potential data loss.
>
> To automatically continue after this message is displayed
> without having to press <Esc>, restart the computer,
> press <F1> during Power-on and look under "Startup"
> in the BIOS Setup Utility.
>
> Press <Esc> to continue
>
> Press <F1> to Setup
> --------------------------------
>
> On entering Setup, I can change the setting so that booting continues
> after 2 seconds, but I don't seem able to get rid of the message.
>
> Also I've had some problems with Windows with the disk in this position,
> though Linux works fine.
> [But the Windows problem could be something to do with the fact that
> I used Partition Manager to copy the Windows partition from my old disk.]
>
> In any case, I just wondered if anyone is running XP on a T43
> with one of these large Seagate disks, without any problems?
>
> --
> Timothy Murphy
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