From: James H. E. Maugham (James.H.Maugham_at_verizon.net)
Date: Thu Dec 27 2001 - 00:11:39 EST
Ryan Lizza [mailto:rlizza_at_tnr.com] wrote:
> I am new to this list and I thought I would dive right in with some
> burning TP questions I have had for some time. They all concern a
> 770ED (PII-266, 288 MB RAM) running Windows 95.
Welcome to the madhouse! A very nice machine BTW.
> 1. I have never understood why my 8 gig hard drive came set up as two
> separate drives: a 6 gig drive (C) and a 2 gig drive (D).
Are you sure you don't have that backwards? Normally the HDs are setup as C: is
1.99G in FAT16, D: remainder of HD in FAT32. This has to do with commonality
amongst the recovery CDs shipped with the machines and the limitation of NT4 and
W95A to FAT16 partitions. See: http://www.thinkpads.com/hints.htm
> Is there any way to set the drive up as one 8 gig drive?
PartitionMagic from Powerquest (http://www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic/) can
do this without damaging your data. Or, you could simply run FDISK, remove all
partitions, reset the drive for one active partition with 8GB and reformat and
re-install the OS and all of your apps.
> Are there drawbacks to this?
You lose the ability to easily use the recovery CD.
> 2. I recently bought a CD-RW drive that finally requires me to
> upgrade from Windows 95. Does anyone have any advice about upgrading
> a 770ed? I was planning on upgrading to Windows 2K pro or ME or maybe
> just 98. Was wondering if anyone had
> any suggestions or knew what OS is the most stable and hassle-free on
> a 770ED. I imagine this upgrade question has been talked about
> endlessly on this list so if anyone can point me to the relevant
> discussions in the archives I would appreciate it.
You'll find proponents for every recent OS from M$ here, as well as some vocal
opponents. FWIW, I have latched onto W2K as the "best" Windows OS for early (non
A, T, X) 570, 600 and 770 series Thinkpads. See:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4GALGU.html for directions WRT loading it
on your system.
Regards,
James
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