error #1828: Free space is too small

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toozie21 · #1 Post by **toozie21** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:57 am

I have an old T40 laptop that I was trying to install an OS on, but I just can't seem to get anything to work. When I try to use the restore CDs I have, I go through all the prompts and acknowledge that I want to format, then it throws an "error #1828: Free space is too small". I even tried a version of linux I know works on them it it hangs during the formatting portion everytime.

Does anyone know what is wrong? I have swapped drives and am having the same problem with the new drive (sounds like a hardware problem, but I am just not sure).

~Jason

#2 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:52 am

If you are at square one with the Format command and it won't, either:
(1) You need to first use Fdisk to remove all partitions, or
(2) The hard drive has an error.
... JD Hurst

egibbs · #3 Post by **egibbs** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:11 pm

I've also had good luck using PC Doctor to do a full erase of the drive - that followed by a format usually fixes this type of problem.

Ed Gibbs

#4 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:34 pm

I believe egibbs offers good advice. As the user in the following thread discovered, "fdisk was too weak".

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=38582

#5 Post by **carbon_unit** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:57 pm

The Hitachi Drive Feature Tool will do it too. There is a setting in there to set the maximum size of the disk.

error #1828: Free space is too small

error #1828: Free space is too small

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