Formatting a pre-installed drive

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JaimitoBond · #1 Post by **JaimitoBond** » Wed May 09, 2007 10:44 pm

I replaced my old 60GB with a 100GB. I cant seem to access anything on the 60GB (pre-installed from factory) when using a hard drive adaptor. I'd like to format it so I can use it as storage.
I'm assuming it's due to security by windows or the chip? What can I do to format it, since under Win XP it won't let me, and I only have the rescue disks from IBM.

JaimitoBond · #2 Post by **JaimitoBond** » Fri May 25, 2007 12:11 am

bump

any ideas?

Brad · #3 Post by **Brad** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:13 am

What error message do you receive?

Brad

#4 Post by **carbon_unit** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:38 am

Did you have a password set on the old drive? If so you will have to put it back in the laptop and remove the password in the bios, then it will work.

JaimitoBond · #5 Post by **JaimitoBond** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:01 pm

carbon_unit wrote:Did you have a password set on the old drive? If so you will have to put it back in the laptop and remove the password in the bios, then it will work.

i think i did. i will give this a try. I assume winxp login password is still ok?

#6 Post by **richk** » Wed May 30, 2007 10:11 pm

It is not the xp password. It is a HD password set on the same BIOS screen as the supervisor password. If that is the case, when you start the thinkpad a lock icon will appear when you turn the machine on.

JaimitoBond · #7 Post by **JaimitoBond** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:40 am

thanks so far for the responses.

I got rid of the PW, and now can access the old drive.

Now the new question is, why is it only showing 52.6 GB total when it is a 60GB drive?

I am guessing the factory IBM preload is taking up some of it. How do I get rid of it? Do I need to load the OS on the 60GB, and go from there, or I can format the whole thing under Win XP on my new drive (100GB).

#8 Post by **Johan** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 4:46 am

- are you sure you are not confusing decimal Gigabytes (specified by the HDD manufacturer) against binary Gigabytes - reported by the system? On that (classical) matter, see these links:

Seagate FAQ; Storage Capacity Measurement Standards

Samsung FAQ; My drive does not show its full capacity

Western Digital FAQ; Why is my drive displaying a smaller than expected capacity than the indicated size on the drive label?

The (hidden FAT32) IBM Recovery partition takes up about 4.3 GB on my T42.

Regards,

Johan

JaimitoBond · #9 Post by **JaimitoBond** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:37 pm

so how did you get rid of the hidden partition? format disc again using winxp cd (which i dont have, only ibm recovery discs)?

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