Replacing Hdd in IBM Thinkpad 600.

yes this problem would most likely apply to this old laptop however you can
create multiple partitions to overcome the problem

"JTJersey" <> wrote in message
news:0K%ec.25812$.. .
> I've experienced trickle down from my college daughter and have inherited
> her IBM Thinkpad 600 notebook. It's a PII 300 with 128Mb RAM, but only a
> 5Gig 4200rpm Hdd. I've seen 2½" drives in the 20Gig range at 5400rpm
> advertised as useable in any laptop for around $89.00. In my experience
one
> of the single biggest improvements in speed was going to a faster hard
> drive, but I'm no notebook computer expert. Wasn't there a size problem
> with older systems when moving to larger drives, or wouldn't that apply
with
> this laptop?
>
>
>

JD

"JD" <> wrote in message
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> yes this problem would most likely apply to this old laptop however you
can
> create multiple partitions to overcome the problem

Wrong!!!

First, he may be taking about the physical size of the drive and second, you
can't overcome a bios limitation by partitioning. How this oft spread piece
of bullshit gets around so often is beyond me.

> "JTJersey" <> wrote in message
> news:0K%ec.25812$.. .
> > I've experienced trickle down from my college daughter and have
inherited
> > her IBM Thinkpad 600 notebook. It's a PII 300 with 128Mb RAM, but only
a
> > 5Gig 4200rpm Hdd. I've seen 2½" drives in the 20Gig range at 5400rpm
> > advertised as useable in any laptop for around $89.00. In my experience
> one
> > of the single biggest improvements in speed was going to a faster hard
> > drive, but I'm no notebook computer expert. Wasn't there a size
problem
> > with older systems when moving to larger drives, or wouldn't that apply
> with
> > this laptop?
> >
> >
> >
>
>

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 01:41:33 +0000, Michael-NC wrote:

>
> "JD" <> wrote in message
> news:c5i3o0$mik$...
>> yes this problem would most likely apply to this old laptop however you
> can
>> create multiple partitions to overcome the problem
>
> Wrong!!!
>
> First, he may be taking about the physical size of the drive and second, you
> can't overcome a bios limitation by partitioning. How this oft spread piece
> of bullshit gets around so often is beyond me.
>

Being as this notebook isn't THAT old (BIOS date of 1999) should I expect
a problem moving to a 20Gb Hdd? This was never a big deal in any of my
desktop conversions, but like I said, I'm no notebook expert.

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"JD" <> wrote in news:c5i3o0$mik$:

> yes this problem would most likely apply to this old laptop however
> you can create multiple partitions to overcome the problem

No, you can't. You are thinking of FAT16 having a limit of
2.1GB/partition. There is a BIOS limitation at 8.4GB. If the BIOS can't
see it, you can't partition around it.

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JTJersey <> wrote in
newsan.2004.04.14.02.15.07.764948@anotherlinuxma chine.com:

> Being as this notebook isn't THAT old (BIOS date of 1999) should I expect
> a problem moving to a 20Gb Hdd? This was never a big deal in any of my
> desktop conversions, but like I said, I'm no notebook expert.

It /shouldn't/ be, but you should check out the information on the BIOS
from the maker's website before you plonk down the cash for it.

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I've experienced trickle down from my college daughter and have inherited
her IBM Thinkpad 600 notebook. It's a PII 300 with 128Mb RAM, but only a
5Gig 4200rpm Hdd. I've seen 2½" drives in the 20Gig range at 5400rpm
advertised as useable in any laptop for around $89.00. In my experience one
of the single biggest improvements in speed was going to a faster hard
drive, but I'm no notebook computer expert. Wasn't there a size problem
with older systems when moving to larger drives, or wouldn't that apply with
this laptop?

JTJersey wrote:
>
> I've experienced trickle down from my college daughter and have inherited
> her IBM Thinkpad 600 notebook. It's a PII 300 with 128Mb RAM, but only a
> 5Gig 4200rpm Hdd. I've seen 2½" drives in the 20Gig range at 5400rpm
> advertised as useable in any laptop for around $89.00. In my experience one
> of the single biggest improvements in speed was going to a faster hard
> drive, but I'm no notebook computer expert. Wasn't there a size problem
> with older systems when moving to larger drives, or wouldn't that apply with
> this laptop?

I know many PII 400s have a 32 gig drive bios limitation. If the PII 300
was made about the same time the 20 gig should work as the bios's should
be the same, relatively speaking. The next lower limit was 8.4 gigs I
believe. Perhaps a call to HP will help.



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JD wrote:
>
> yes this problem would most likely apply to this old laptop however you can
> create multiple partitions to overcome the problem

Not necessarily.


>
> "JTJersey" <> wrote in message
> news:0K%ec.25812$.. .
> > I've experienced trickle down from my college daughter and have inherited
> > her IBM Thinkpad 600 notebook. It's a PII 300 with 128Mb RAM, but only a
> > 5Gig 4200rpm Hdd. I've seen 2½" drives in the 20Gig range at 5400rpm
> > advertised as useable in any laptop for around $89.00. In my experience
> one
> > of the single biggest improvements in speed was going to a faster hard
> > drive, but I'm no notebook computer expert. Wasn't there a size problem
> > with older systems when moving to larger drives, or wouldn't that apply
> with
> > this laptop?
> >
> >
> >

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JTJersey wrote:
>
> Being as this notebook isn't THAT old (BIOS date of 1999) should I expect
> a problem moving to a 20Gb Hdd? This was never a big deal in any of my
> desktop conversions, but like I said, I'm no notebook expert.

From my experience, notebook technology generally lags behind desktops
in regards to bios issues. In other words, the motherboards/bios's
aren't updated as fast as desktop motherboards/bios's. The other thing
to consider is brands. "cheap" brands tend to use way older bios's than
"better" brands sold at the same time. That's one thing that's great
about building clones ie you always [should] get the latest version of
the motherboard you want to use. Motherboards have version numbers just
like software does.

DeMoN LaG wrote:
>
> > yes this problem would most likely apply to this old laptop however
> > you can create multiple partitions to overcome the problem
>
> No, you can't. You are thinking of FAT16 having a limit of
> 2.1GB/partition. There is a BIOS limitation at 8.4GB. If the BIOS can't
> see it, you can't partition around it.

There are actually two issues. #1 does the bios see the drive at all? eg
the stock PII 400s we built way back when cant see a > 32 gig drive no
matter what. The only solution was a bios flash. #2 the bios sees the
drive but incorrectly. This _may_ be overcome with those special jumper
settings and using the disk manager [overlay].