T41 Clone Hard Drive

[bilz2765]

Many hits, but I see no answer to my problem.
Pros and cons of HPA, but I would like to keep it if at all possible.
Tried three versions of Acronis, v7, v9, v10, even their Migrate easy & Clonezilla.
Tried Acronis support. No luck there either.
Not sure if the HPA can be copied.
I even downloaded the HPA code from IBM with no luck.

Each instance of replacing my 40G drive with either the 120G, or the 250G, and I get the same HPA error, NT loader error, and C-A-D message. All allow the OS to work.

I even tried using an old PC and the IDA 3.5 to 2.5 converter gender bender with the same results.

I saw a Linux fix for the HPA, but for smaller drives. Thought Clonezilla being Linux based would work.

Maybe the T41 OS & HPA can't be duplicated?

The 40G is made by Fujitsu, and they are no longer in business. I remember the day when drives had software to do exactly what I want.

Frustrated.

[RealBlackStuff]

Lots of info about HPA here: http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/HPA

Don't know why you want to keep that, it's a very basic version of Windows, and needs tons of updates if you ever install it.
Better to make a set of recovery CDs, then wipe the HPA and add the free space to your main partition.

[eyestrain]

You might have better luck with one of the versions of ddrescue, from what I've read.

Maybe best to remove the drive again, and run gnu ddrescue from a non-thinkpad.

Here's a guide, don't know if it's a good one: http://www.ehow.com/how_4924091_clone-h ... linux.html

I've never tried this, just read about it in the past.

[GACrabill]

Did you read thru this thread ?

"Instructions on how to copy the HPA to a new Drive" :

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=13814

[bilz2765]

No, I did not see your post. I found several like yours, but all had issues. I will try it to see.