Re: what is the largest 2.5in hard disk you can install in a Toshiba T1910

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From: Mike Tomlinson
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 00:00

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In article <356c3a9a.19462453@news.demon.co.uk>, xyz@demon.co.uk writes

>I'm trying to upgarde 8 of these at work, I can't get a 2.1gb drive to
>work, only 50mb is recognised. Anyone know a solution to this problem.

The OS is seeing the # of cylinders MOD 1024 - this is a well known
problem with the early Toshiba BIOSes.

Use Ontrack Disc Manager.

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From: Mike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: what is the largest 2.5in hard disk you can install in a Toshiba T1910
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