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Anonymous   08-23-2005 at 06:50:49 AM

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We have tried to reload and reformat a 32gb hard drive in a thinkpad a21p
several times and each time we are told by w2k pro that it can't do it. We
get the partition screen that shows 2 areas of 30gb and 20gb on a 32gb hard
drive. We try and delete them but can't. We try and create a partition but
can't do that either? We figure that the drive is screwed??? If so what
website has decent prices for these things? Thanks. Also we tried to boot
from a partition magic cd but couldn't get it to work.



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Anonymous   08-23-2005 at 07:03:44 AM
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Also we may have screwed up the bios settings for the drive in question can
anyone post the correct bios settings for a bog standard 32gb hd for an IBM
thinkpad a21p please?

thanks folks

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Andrew   08-23-2005 at 07:19:02 AM
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harry palmer <rob@aol.com> wrote:
: We have tried to reload and reformat a 32gb hard drive in a thinkpad a21p
: several times and each time we are told by w2k pro that it can't do it. We
: get the partition screen that shows 2 areas of 30gb and 20gb on a 32gb hard
: drive. We try and delete them but can't. We try and create a partition but
: can't do that either? We figure that the drive is screwed??? If so what
: website has decent prices for these things? Thanks. Also we tried to boot
: from a partition magic cd but couldn't get it to work.

Try booting from the Ultimate Boot CD:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

There are some disk utilties there that may allow you to repartition
the drive or at least see if the drive is good.

As far as the BIOS settings (other post): shouldn't the BIOS be able
to auto-detect the drive? Shouldn't need any settings. If the drive
is not set to "auto" in the BIOS, maybe that is your problem?

Andrew
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Anonymous   08-23-2005 at 11:15:58 AM
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"Andrew" <usenetMYSHOES@bizaveMYSHOES.com> wrote in message
news:cfyaxclaac38043646811@bizaveMYSHOES.com...
> harry palmer <rob@aol.com> wrote:
> : We have tried to reload and reformat a 32gb hard drive in a thinkpad
a21p
> : several times and each time we are told by w2k pro that it can't do it.
We
> : get the partition screen that shows 2 areas of 30gb and 20gb on a 32gb
hard
> : drive. We try and delete them but can't. We try and create a partition
but
> : can't do that either? We figure that the drive is screwed??? If so what
> : website has decent prices for these things? Thanks. Also we tried to
boot
> : from a partition magic cd but couldn't get it to work.
>
> Try booting from the Ultimate Boot CD:
>
> http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
>
> There are some disk utilties there that may allow you to repartition
> the drive or at least see if the drive is good.
>
> As far as the BIOS settings (other post): shouldn't the BIOS be able
> to auto-detect the drive? Shouldn't need any settings. If the drive
> is not set to "auto" in the BIOS, maybe that is your problem?
>
> Andrew
> --
> ----> Portland, Oregon, USA <----
> *******************************************************************
> ----> http://www.bizave.com <---- Photo Albums and Portland Info
> ----> To Email me remove "MYSHOES" from email address
> *******************************************************************
>

thanks Andrew, We sorted the problem using dos 6.2 and fdisk!!! so much for
high tech :-) the problem was a couple of rogue partitions. Thanks for the
suggestion we like the look of that program

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