Re: [Thinkpad] T6x and PATA 2nd HDD

From: Jon Etkins <jon_at_snikte.net>
Date: Thu Apr 17 2008 - 12:04:58 EDT

James H. E. Maugham wrote:
> Rob Bell scribbled on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:08 PM:
>
>> Didn't someone say just recently that you could take a 2nd
>> HDD adapter from an older T-series (T40 and prior?) and use
>> that in a T6x?
>
> Yep, that was me Rob and the PATA 2nd HD adapter from my T41P works in my
> SATA T60, T61 and T61P.

OK, so I'm not completely delusional, nor is my memory totally gone (yet). Good to know. :)

> Not sure what Jon's friend's problem is, perhaps it's BIOS related?

Either BIOS or partition table problems are looking like the possible culprit - the T61p doesn't recognize it in a USB caddy, either. It's looking like we may have to put it back in his old T40 and try to clone it before the T40 has to be returned.

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