From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sun Apr 07 2002 - 16:17:38 EDT
Well, I got thru and ordered one, but of course the web site still shows
only one left, so probably it was a waste of time.
Thanks for the tip!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net>
To: "s r" <stever053_at_hotmail.com>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: TP380xd hard drive question
> 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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