I'm about to upgrade the hard drive in this laptop and would like to know
what the largest capacity drive I can install. Lenovo seems to only offer
upto 80GB upgrade drives. And I've heard people stating the 160GB won't be
recognized. Logically, I think the largest capacity HDD I would be able to
Much thanks! BB is having a sale on the 120gb so off I go.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tharin Olsen
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 2:32 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] IBM Thinkpad r50e
As you already guessed, you should be safe
As you already guessed, you should be safe with a 120gb drive. Chances are, you
would be fine with a 160gb as well.
A system bios that does not support 48-bit LBA has a capacity barrier at 137gb.
However, as long as the hard drive is recognized in some way by the laptop you
should be able to
