Re: [Thinkpad] T20 hard drive upgrade problem

The operating system is Windows 2k. I used the Norton Ghost utility -- we
have a separate ghost system that we use to back up drives.

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Matt" <mwtech@ameritech.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] T20 hard drive upgrade problem
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:33:40 -0500

Operating system ??

What copying utility did you use?

Did you image the drive outside the Thinkpad?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Asian Menace" <theasianmenace@hotmail.com>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 12:08 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] T20 hard drive upgrade problem

> Hello,
>
> I have an older 4200rpm drive in my system currently and wanted to
upgrade
> to a faster 5400rpm drive, which I already own. I took the drive image
from
> the old drive and put it on the new drive but when I put the new drive
into
> the Thinkpad, it would not boot. I looked at the BIOS summary screen and
it
> recognized the drive correctly. I also verified the new drive by using it
to
> boot another (non-T20) system. I upgraded to the latest BIOS v1.22 and
> checked for firmware updates on the new hard drive. None of these seems
to
> fix my problem.
>
> Any ideas why the 5400rpm drive doesn't work in my T20?
>
> Thanks!
>
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