Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 10:38:49 -0400
From: Clinton Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Followup: Switching HDs between generations?
FYI
Just a quick followup. After thinking about what I sent (below), I
decide that I should find out if the suspend to disk would work or not,
so..... I enabled it, crossed my fingers, and tried it. YES, IT
WORKED!!!
Regards,
Clinton Parker
Clinton Parker wrote:
>
> Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 14:06:24 -0400
> From: Clinton Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Switching HDs between generations?
>
> Tom,
>
> I have not done exactly what you are asking, but I did take my 6 Gig
> (not a 20 Gig) out of my 70CT and put it in my new (to me) 100CT. In my
> case, it already had Win98 installed on it, so I wasn't updating the OS
> either.
>
> The REAL problem is the suspend to disk area!!! I had left an extra 32
> Mb not partitioned when I formatted the 6 Gig drive originally, so I
> actually have 64 Mb left at the end of the drive for the suspend to disk
> (my 100CT has 64 Mb RAM). That said, I have never tried it to make sure
> it works (I've only had the 100CT less than a month) NOR do I really
> want to try to find out. All I know is that the 100CT is not complaining
> about it.
>
> In the case of your 20 Gig HD, you almost certainly DO NOT have 64 Mb
> reserved in the middle (that's where it needs to be because the the 8
> Gig BIOS limit) and 'something' (most likely something real important)
> would get overwritten if the 110CT suspends to disk (this is assuming
> that it will even accept the HD in the first place due to lack of
> suspend space).
>
> Wish I could give a more definitive answer. Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Clinton Parker
>
> Tom Stangl wrote:
> >
> > Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 10:17:14 -0700
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Stangl)
> > Subject: Switching HDs between generations?
> >
> > I have a new 20G HD in my 50, and just got a 110 with a 4Gig HD. Does
> > anyone think I can just swap them, enter Win98, and then add the proper
> > drivers, or do you think that I'll have to wipe the OS partitions on the
> > HDs and reinstall from scratch?
>
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