From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sun Apr 07 2002 - 15:45:47 EDT
The entire list must be trying to buy the one remaining drive, cause the
site is DOWN
----- Original Message -----
From: "s r" <stever053_at_hotmail.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: TP380xd hard drive question
> I have a 380ED that came preconfigured w/ the 2.1 GB hard drive. All of
the
> official documentation I found said that an 8 GB drive was the max - but
my
> personal experience is completly different.
>
> I purchased a 20 GB IBM drive for $49 here:
>
> http://www.accessmicro.com/productinfo.php3?ProductId=HDIBDJSA-220
>
> The drive fit perfectly into the system - no additional hardware or caddey
> was requred. I used IBM's feature tool to upgrade my bios to accept the
> larger hd:
>
> http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/support/download.htm
>
> I created a 2.5 GB NTFS basic partition for XP Pro and the rest I
> partitioned as NTFS basic using the administrative disk management tools
in
> windows. XP recognizes the full 20 GB. I did not need to use any
> additional bios overlays - just the feature tool from IBM to get my
stystem
> up and running. The documentation and software were straight forward and
> easy to use.
>
> As far as I'm aware FAT32 and NT 5 Basic only allow 4 primary partitions.
> However you can create additional logical partitions on one of the primary
> partitions. The max hd size under FAT32 is 32 GB. I've used system
> commander in the past, but I'm no expert.
>
> NTFS 5 under WIN2K (and I'm assuming XP) will allow larger drives - up to
2
> terabytes. I'm not aware that you can partition a drive that has been
> changed to dynamic storage. Also, dynamic storage is not supported on
> laptops.
>
> My laptop only has 166mhz P1, which is not supposed to support XP. I've
> found that XP runs faster than WIN2K on the same laptop.
>
> Hope this helps. Am by far an expert and would appreciate any feedback on
> incorrect/incomplete information (it's the only way that I'm going to
> learn).
>
> Steve
>
> >From: <ynot3k_at_attglobal.net>
> >To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> >Subject: TP380xd hard drive question
> >Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 04:41:35 -0500
> >
> >Could you tell me which is/are the largest hard drives (in GB capacity)
> >that are compatible with the BIOS of the TP380xd, without installing
> >a drive overlay driver?
>
>
>
>
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