Hard disk for X4 ultrabase in combination with Thinkpad X40

[marijan]

Hello!

Does somebody know what type of HDD wil be recognized by a X40 when placed in a 2nd HDD adapter for Ultrabay Slim and than inserted in a X4 Ultrabase docking station.

The reason for asking is a recent purcached Hitachi Travelstar HTS548080M9AT00 which isn't recognized at all.

Have to be sure which HDD is being accepted

Youre answers are more than welcome !

Thanks in advance!

Marijan

[andyP]

Hi marijan, welcome to the forum,

that drive shouldn't be any problem in the ultrabase. Have you looked in drive management?
If the drive is new it will not be recognised in my computer. You need to right click on my computer and then left click manage. Select drive management and hopefully you should see the unformatted drive, by right clicking on it you should then have the option to create a partition and format it. It's best to have the drive inserted in the bay when you start your TP, after it's formatted you can hot-swap.

[marijan]

Hi Andy,

If I click on drive management I only see my 1.8 inch 40GB internal HDD, but the new drive installed in the Ultrabase isn't displayed at all.

regards,

Marijan