Thanks Stan... Ok, this is so weird...I had decided that the issue was that the ThinkPad SATA HD Bay Adapter only did SATA I, and the HD was SATA II and couldn't step down to SATA I (there are no jumper pins on these HDs btw, even though I ran out and bought some to try and set it to SATA I)...I called both WD tech support in EMEA- Pro-tip 1: If American tech support is closed (like WD was) you can use Skype and call EMEA tech support in an English speaking country-it was only .02/min and the guy really knew his stuff too! and they basically confirmed that if that was the issue, there was no tool or anything I could use to step the drive down, so I was probably SOL!
So I checked Lenovo and their tech support was open, but they were useless as they couldn't even tell me anything useful about the HD Bay Adapter since it wasn't a "system". Finally I posted in their user forum and this is the thread (if you want to check it out): http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Options-Accessories/Thinkpad-Serial-ATA-HD-Bay-Adapter-FRU-N-26R9246-and-T61-6457/td-p/346313 So you can see what happened there...the HD magically started working! WTF?! I'm not sure what to chalk it up to at this point; I'm copying over 100GB of files from the USB 2.0 external to see if that works w/o issues and try and get more confidence in it...so weird! Anyone got any ideas on why it suddenly started working now finally?! :P BINO > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:15:40 -0600 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Secondary HDD help? > > I wish I could help you and have a fantastic adventure Bino. Happy New > Year to the collective by the way! > > > On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:59:37 -0600, Bino Gopal <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hey guys, > > So I'm going to be on a Caribbean cruise starting Sun ( > > http://www.jococruisecrazy - you all know I'm a big geek right?!) and I > > wanted to get some more space to store pics from the cruise on my laptop > > (Lenovo T61 model 6457-6DU) before I left. I've got a 80 GB Intel G2 > > SSD as my boot drive, and it's almost full, and I've got a 120GB 2.5" > > drive in a USB enclosure I've been using to store extra stuff, but > > that's almost full too now! > > > > So I ordered a 500GB WD Scorpio Black 7200rpm 2.5" drive to put in my > > T61's Ultrabay with the ThinkPad Serial ATA HD Bay Adapter (which I've > > used before on this laptop with that 120GB HD in fact!) which you can > > see at: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-61161.html > > The issue I'm having is that I put the WD 500GB drive into the Adapter, > > stuck it in my bay, and then I get a Windows needs to initialize this > > disk message. So I go into Computer, Manage, and Disk Mgmt, and then I > > can see the disk though it shows as Disk 1 (the SSD is Disk 0), Unknown, > > and it shows as size 268440017.82GB (weird # right?) and Not Initialized > > on the left, and then it has the same size again and Unallocated where > > you can partition it... > > When I try and right-click on the left part, I get the Initialize on the > > right-click menu, but selecting that didn't do anything the first two > > times. Just tired it again and it's hung/waiting with the spinning > > circle...ok it just errored out after 5-10 mins and gave me an error > > message about the Disk Mgmt Console not being up-to-date or something... > > > > So, any thoughts? Going to goggle to see what the issue might be but > > it's slow going and I need to get this working before tmrw afternoon or > > I won't have time as I fly out to FTL on Sat! Thanks for any help guys!! > > BINO
