t43p hd problem..

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tinyndong · #1 Post by **tinyndong** » Sat May 16, 2009 9:53 pm

my t43p hard drive crashed and didnt have a back up of the recovery cd but have the ibm tools backup. now i installed a toshiba 100GB and at first its showing the error (even tried the hitachi 40GB) , then i tried to instal and fresh copy of xp or ubuntu and it says cannot find hard drive to format..both disc works on usb-ide connected on my desktop... anybody has experience with this or solution? thanks in advance..

Bios and IDE controller is up-to-date and everything runs...

sjthinkpader · #2 Post by **sjthinkpader** » Sun May 17, 2009 12:48 am

It is possible that your IDE interface had failed if the drives tested out ok in an USB housing.

Brad · #3 Post by **Brad** » Sun May 17, 2009 1:54 am

Welcome to the forum!

What is the error you are referring to?

If your ThinkPad is not recognizing the drive is it possible that the drive is not seated correctly?

Brad

tinyndong · #4 Post by **tinyndong** » Sun May 17, 2009 2:38 pm

the hard drives are fine.. i've been getting a 2010 error which i know would happen...if its telling me the 2010 error that means it can detect the hard drive right? but when i istall ubuntu or fresh xp.. it can find the darn hard drive to format.. is there any way to fix that ide controller if thats the problem? thanks

tinyndong · #5 Post by **tinyndong** » Sun May 17, 2009 2:40 pm

Brad wrote:Welcome to the forum!

What is the error you are referring to?

If your ThinkPad is not recognizing the drive is it possible that the drive is not seated correctly?

Brad

i have pulled the hard drive and put reinserted or several times...

#6 Post by **richk** » Sun May 17, 2009 6:14 pm

Thinkpads use a different master boot record. Mount the disk somewhere and remove partitions.

tinyndong · #7 Post by **tinyndong** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:11 pm

richk wrote:Thinkpads use a different master boot record. Mount the disk somewhere and remove partitions.

you mean format it? i've format it with a usb ide/sata cable... how do i install a MBR?

91011 · #8 Post by **91011** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:52 am

IBM has a Thinkpad MBR repair tool here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-62978

I've sucessfully used it a number of times - yesterday, in fact.

John

tinyndong · #9 Post by **tinyndong** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:50 pm

91011 wrote:IBM has a Thinkpad MBR repair tool here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-62978

I've sucessfully used it a number of times - yesterday, in fact.

John

im trying it. hopefully it works..

dtakias · #10 Post by **dtakias** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:45 pm

Also try starting your thinkpad with Gparted CDhttp://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php

You can virtually do anything with it and its free.

tinyndong · #11 Post by **tinyndong** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:14 pm

i tried MBR and gparted also did a dban. MBR looks like its install ing all night long but nothing happens afterwards. then after i restart it cant find the hard drive.. anyone has ideas? im trying to install fresh xp or ubuntu to a working toshiba 100GB hard drive. thanks for the infos but i still need help

Brad · #12 Post by **Brad** » Fri May 29, 2009 2:45 am

Is your new working Toshiba 100gb hard drive recognized by your T43?

One way to confirm is to press F12 on startup to list all boot options.

Brad

tinyndong · #13 Post by **tinyndong** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:47 pm

nope.. its not being detected at all...

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