Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 08:40:03 -0000 From: David Moor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Lib 50 won't recognize a new 4.3G hard drive
One final test you could try, get a 2.5 to 3.5 drive cable converter, I picked one up for £8.50 off ebay. Then you can try the drive in a desktop PC. One thing to remember if you do this and format the drive make sure you are using LBA mode so the Lib will read it. Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Hanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 04 December 2001 23:48 > To: Libretto > Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 50 won't recognize a new 4.3G hard drive > > > Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 23:43:19 +0000 > From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 50 won't recognize a new 4.3G hard drive > > Just curious... do you have another drive that this one is > replacing? If > so, does it work in the system? > > If one HDD is recognized by a system, and another is NOT... I > wonder if this > is a good enough indicator that you may have a bad HDD. > > Anyone else have an opinion? > > Matt > > > > >Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 16:42:14 -0500 > >From: "James S. Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 50 won't recognize a new 4.3G hard drive > > > >This is a new drive. My L50 is not overclocked. I am unable > to FDISK or > >FORMAT the drive since it is not recognized by the computer. > Toshiba Disk > >Support says it's a BIOS problem; Libretto Support says they > can't help me. > >I'll try your "cure", but I'm not sure where the small green system > >batteries referred to are located on the L50. Can you help > me with this? > >If this doesn't work and no one else can suggest a solution, > I guess that > >I've got a bad disk. > >Jim > > > > > > > >>Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:57:04 -0000 > >>From: "Trevor Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 50 won't recognize a new 4.3G hard drive > >> > >>Hi I had this once on a Libretto 70 I cured it be reloading > the new BIOS > >>onto the machine but first removed the hard drive, removed > the small green > >>system batteries left it for 30 mins then put everything > back together > >>reflashed the BIOS and hey presto drive was found. Try it > its worth a go! > >>Regards > >>Trevor Morgan > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:08 AM > >>Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 50 won't recognize a new 4.3G hard drive > >> > >> > >> > Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:06:04 +0000 > >> > From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 50 won't recognize a new 4.3G hard drive > >> > > >> > --- "James S. Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 20:37:23 -0500 > >> > >From: "James S. Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >Subject: Lib 50 won't recognize a new 4.3G hard drive> > >> > > I am trying to install a 4.3G hard drive (Toshiba MK4313MAT) > >> > >in my Libretto 50 and cannot get the machine to recognize it. > >> > > When I use the Win95 Setup Boot Disk (and press F12), it > >> > >starts to set up Windows, but then says "Setup cannot > install Win95 > >>on > >> > >your computer. Your computer does not have a hard > disk..." Exiting > >>gets > >>me > >> > >to an A prompt, but I cannot get to a C> prompt or > attempt to format > >>the > >>C > >> > >drive ("Invalid drive specification"). > >> > > I can get to the System Setup (BIOS Version 6.60) by pressing > >> > >F1 after booting without the FDD, but it shows "No > Drive" under Hard > >>Disk > >> > >and will not permit a change. > >> > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > >> > >Jim > >> > > >> > Hmmm... haven't read much progress on this one. Is this > a NEW drive, > >>or a > >> > new used drive you've acquired? > >> > > >> > I had a little disaster attempting to reformat a > friend's HDD that had > >>been > >> > hit by several viruses... Everyone told me it's > impossible for the > >>virus > >>to > >> > have caused the problem... but after I ran McAfee to clean up the > >>problems, > >> > and then reformatted the drive to prepare for reinstallation of > >>Windows, > >>the > >> > drive did what you describe. BIOS didn't see the drive > at boot. I > >>futzed > >> > with it for weeksb witgh people, running whatever the > manufacturer > >> > suggested... but nothing brought it back to the point > where any system > >>could > >> > see it. > >> > > >> > Do you know that your drive was working at some point before you > >>installed > >> > it in your Lib? > >> > > >> > Matt > > > > > > > > > >************************************************************** > >http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > >http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > >http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > >Reply to any of the list messages. 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