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> I have the following: Toshiba Satellite CDT, 233 mhz, 64meg ram and
> only a 3.8 gig hard drive. I would like to install the largest hard
> drive possible - but someone has mentioned that the Bios may limit my
> ability to do this?
>
> So - wondered if anyone knew anything about this procedure. I.e:
>
> 1 Largest size I could fit.
> 2 Would this be a particular type of drive - or would any laptop drive
> work ok.
> 3 Would it be something I could easily fit myself? and
> 4 Suggestions of a good web site to buy from?
>
>
>
>
>

> Gary Brunsdon wrote in
> news:40d33327@news.greennet.net:
>
> > I have the following: Toshiba Satellite CDT, 233 mhz, 64meg ram and
> > only a 3.8 gig hard drive. I would like to install the largest hard
> > drive possible - but someone has mentioned that the Bios may limit my
> > ability to do this?
> >
> > So - wondered if anyone knew anything about this procedure. I.e:
> >
> > 1 Largest size I could fit.
> > 2 Would this be a particular type of drive - or would any laptop drive
> > work ok.
> > 3 Would it be something I could easily fit myself? and
> > 4 Suggestions of a good web site to buy from?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> There is probably a bios limit could be 12Gb or 28Gb or 32Gb if you are
> using win 98 it will probably only recognize 32Gb. You can get a bigger
> drive say a 40Gb and FDisk it into 2 x 20Gb hard drives that will be C:
> & D: on your system.
> Any laptop drive will physically fit your computer.
> Toshiba usually make it easy to change the hard drives.
> On more modern computers there is only 1 screw to remove to get the
> drive + frame (caddy) out of the computer, usually 4 screws on the frame
> (caddy) to remove it and screw the new drive into the frame. If you have
> installed a hard drive in a desktop you should not have too much
> difficulty.
> Have you got the original install CDs? because you are going to have to
> install the operating system on the new hard drive..
> If you want all the toshiba functions such as startup password &
> hibernation to function you need the original CD or you need the exact
> model number to download the drivers from the internet.
> www.Dabs.com or www.ebuyer.com . Cheap but wont speak to you if you
> have problems.

> Martin
>
> thanks for this info.
>
> Sorry - two more questions.
>
> Before I buy a larger hard drive - is there anyway of telling what
> size the bios will support. I.e can you enter the bios setting and
> tell from that?
>
> And - when I install it - rather than have to get hold of all the
> toshiba drivers etc. - is there software - the name Ghost rings a
> bell? - that you can use to copy everything over to the new disk, and
> make life a lot easier for yourself?
>
> Martin Ktech wrote in message
> news:Xns950D6B6467F26newsmartinktech@130.133.1.4...
>> Gary Brunsdon wrote in
>> news:40d33327@news.greennet.net:
>>
>> > I have the following: Toshiba Satellite CDT, 233 mhz, 64meg ram and
>> > only a 3.8 gig hard drive. I would like to install the largest hard
>> > drive possible - but someone has mentioned that the Bios may limit
>> > my ability to do this?
>> >
>> > So - wondered if anyone knew anything about this procedure. I.e:
>> >
>> > 1 Largest size I could fit.
>> > 2 Would this be a particular type of drive - or would any laptop
>> > drive work ok.
>> > 3 Would it be something I could easily fit myself? and
>> > 4 Suggestions of a good web site to buy from?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> There is probably a bios limit could be 12Gb or 28Gb or 32Gb if you
>> are using win 98 it will probably only recognize 32Gb. You can get a
>> bigger drive say a 40Gb and FDisk it into 2 x 20Gb hard drives that
>> will be C: & D: on your system.
>> Any laptop drive will physically fit your computer.
>> Toshiba usually make it easy to change the hard drives.
>> On more modern computers there is only 1 screw to remove to get the
>> drive + frame (caddy) out of the computer, usually 4 screws on the
>> frame (caddy) to remove it and screw the new drive into the frame. If
>> you have installed a hard drive in a desktop you should not have too
>> much difficulty.
>> Have you got the original install CDs? because you are going to have
>> to install the operating system on the new hard drive..
>> If you want all the toshiba functions such as startup password &
>> hibernation to function you need the original CD or you need the
>> exact model number to download the drivers from the internet.
>> www.Dabs.com or www.ebuyer.com . Cheap but wont speak to you if you
>> have problems.
>
>
>

> Gary Brunsdon wrote in
> news:40d56f12@news.greennet.net:
>
> > Martin
> >
> > thanks for this info.
> >
> > Sorry - two more questions.
> >
> > Before I buy a larger hard drive - is there anyway of telling what
> > size the bios will support. I.e can you enter the bios setting and
> > tell from that?
> >
> > And - when I install it - rather than have to get hold of all the
> > toshiba drivers etc. - is there software - the name Ghost rings a
> > bell? - that you can use to copy everything over to the new disk, and
> > make life a lot easier for yourself?
> >
> > Martin Ktech wrote in message
> > news:Xns950D6B6467F26newsmartinktech@130.133.1.4...
> >> Gary Brunsdon wrote in
> >> news:40d33327@news.greennet.net:
> >>
> >> > I have the following: Toshiba Satellite CDT, 233 mhz, 64meg ram and
> >> > only a 3.8 gig hard drive. I would like to install the largest hard
> >> > drive possible - but someone has mentioned that the Bios may limit
> >> > my ability to do this?
> >> >
> >> > So - wondered if anyone knew anything about this procedure. I.e:
> >> >
> >> > 1 Largest size I could fit.
> >> > 2 Would this be a particular type of drive - or would any laptop
> >> > drive work ok.
> >> > 3 Would it be something I could easily fit myself? and
> >> > 4 Suggestions of a good web site to buy from?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> There is probably a bios limit could be 12Gb or 28Gb or 32Gb if you
> >> are using win 98 it will probably only recognize 32Gb. You can get a
> >> bigger drive say a 40Gb and FDisk it into 2 x 20Gb hard drives that
> >> will be C: & D: on your system.
> >> Any laptop drive will physically fit your computer.
> >> Toshiba usually make it easy to change the hard drives.
> >> On more modern computers there is only 1 screw to remove to get the
> >> drive + frame (caddy) out of the computer, usually 4 screws on the
> >> frame (caddy) to remove it and screw the new drive into the frame. If
> >> you have installed a hard drive in a desktop you should not have too
> >> much difficulty.
> >> Have you got the original install CDs? because you are going to have
> >> to install the operating system on the new hard drive..
> >> If you want all the toshiba functions such as startup password &
> >> hibernation to function you need the original CD or you need the
> >> exact model number to download the drivers from the internet.
> >> www.Dabs.com or www.ebuyer.com . Cheap but wont speak to you if you
> >> have problems.
> >
> >
> >
>
> The only version of Ghost I have used writes an exact copy of the disc
> back.. If you start with a 3.2G drive you get a 3.2G drive when you have
> ghosted your image to a new computer/disc.
> There is software to copy your existing drive to another disc but you
> have to be able to access both discs at the same time...
> I think Casper XP is the most user friendly (as in casper the ghost).
> As for the bios limitations.. I dont know how to check other than
> installing the drive. You will not lose the space no matter what size
> drive you buy, it will just mean you will have to Fdisk 2 or 3 or more
> volumes.

> Martin thanks - Ive tried the Toshiba site for drivers but they dont
seem
> to be available - so I wondered if you or anyone else had a suggestion of
> where to get hold of them?

> Gary Brunsdon wrote in message
> news:40d93e4b@news.greennet.net...
> > Martin thanks - Ive tried the Toshiba site for drivers but they dont
> seem
> > to be available - so I wondered if you or anyone else had a suggestion
of
> > where to get hold of them?
>
> Startup password is a function of the BIOS and hibernation is a function
of
> the OS - all the other Toshiba utilities certainly should be on their
> website - they certainly are for my Tecra. Where are you looking, and for
> what?
>
>

> Dont seem to be on the support pages of the toshiba site - i ve
> looked and looked...?
>
>
>