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    Max HDD size for IBM ThinkPad T22?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by w_herwig, Aug 8, 2008.

  1. w_herwig

    w_herwig Newbie

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    Hello,
    I decided to upgrade my IBM ThinkPad T22 form a 40GB HDD to a 250GB HDD.
    After Installation Win2k Prof, unfortunately I see only 128GB disk capacity. If I put the Disk in a external USB Housing and connect it to a XP driven Desktop, the remaining disk space is showed up as unallocated space.
    I have allocated this space on the XP mashine und formated. I can see the Partition on the T22, but I can not use it.
    Does anyone know: Is there a possibility to use the komplete disk space?

    Willi
     
    w_herwig, Aug 8, 2008
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    firefox360 Notebook Enthusiast

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    It shouldn't be a hardware limitation, maybe the limitation of the filesystem. I don't believe FAT32 supports 250GB partitions, and I believe the earlier NTFS specifications were limited as well.
     
    firefox360, Aug 8, 2008
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  3. w_herwig

    w_herwig Newbie

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    Thanks for the Answer,
    I have NTFS filesystem installed. Do you think I can devide th HDD to several Partitions to use the entire Disk?
    Willi
     
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    jaredy Notebook Virtuoso

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    You don't need to partition the disk if you're using XP with sp2. You should be able to use the whole thing.
     
    jaredy, Aug 8, 2008
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  5. w_herwig

    w_herwig Newbie

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    I am using Win2K Prof with Service Pack 4.

    What I did so far:

    -Installing Win2k Prof Sp 4 on a 250 GB HDD
    -after installing I saw only 128GB
    -I put the HDD into a external USB Housing on a Desktop with XP installed
    on it and could see the rest of the disk space as unallocated Space
    -I created on the XP-Desktop a 2nd Partition and formated the Partition
    -I could see the Partition on the Win2k T22, but not write to it
    -I formated the diskspace again on the Win2K T22
    -Now I could write data to this Partition
    -But I can write only about 650 MB, than I get the Message, that it is not
    possible to write Data to this Partition (Sector not found)
    What could this be?
    - now I reformat again the diskspace on the T22 with win2K Prof


    Willi
     
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  6. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Interesting. Service pack 4 should enable partition sizes over 137GB. Did you do the 2k rollup update or maybe a bios update if you're not already using the latest.
     
    ZaZ, Aug 9, 2008
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  7. w_herwig

    w_herwig Newbie

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    Thanks for the Answer,
    I have installet the newest available BIOS:

    1.12 (16ET32WW)

    And installed all available Win2k updates til today.

    Willi
     
    w_herwig, Aug 11, 2008
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