Hard drive in T500 T61

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• Need to retrieve the HARD drive off accident T61

  My T61 crashed a while back and I would like to recover the files from the hard drive. The T61 used BIOS protection to prevent any intrusion HDD. I have my password, but no way to use it. I can attach it to another computer via the USB port, the drive will appear as unallocated. Suppose I need to ask for the password. Don't know how to do this. I have an older T60, but have been hesitant to connect this drive in it as the main drive, because the components are a little different and may not react as well. Certainly not worth damage to a work computer.

  What is the best way to recover these files?

  Thank you!

  Welcome to the forum!

  You won't damage the T60 by inserting the hard disk stuck in it, and the material must be close enough for you to be able to clear the password in the BIOS and then to recover the files.

  Good luck.

• remove the hard drive of a T61 widescreen?

  
  
  

• Please HELP! : remove the hard drive, password on T61

  
  
  

• Cover of T60 T61-compatible HARD drive?

  Thanks in advance for the answer or any where I can find the answer to this?

  Hello

  The answer is Yes and no.

  T60/p and T61/p 14.1 "standard do use the same HARD drive cover.

  T60/p and T61/p 15.4 "wide make use the same HARD drive cover.

  "" T60/p 14.1 "15.0" standard and 15.4 "all take several covers of the other HARD drive.

  T61/p 14.1 "standard, wide 14.1" and 15.4 "wide all take several covers of the other HARD drive.

• How to add a second hard drive in a T42

  I have a T42 with a DVD/CD R / w. My current hard drive is 40 GB and it is running Windows XP Service Pack 3. I would like to install a second hard drive for extra storage. What do you recommend for an extra hard drive and can be installed in place of the removable DVD/CD drive? Because the currently installed DVD player uses the UltraBay, I think just remove and install additional hard drive in the UltraBay slot should be possible. Please notify. Thank you in advance.

  Welcome to the forum!

  You are going to be looking for Ultraslim Bay PATA hard drive adapter.

  Something like this:

  http://CGI.eBay.com/IBM-2nd-Hard-Drive-adapter-T60-T61-T42-41-Ultrabay-Slim_W0QQitemZ400016951957QQc...| 65% 3 A 10 | 39% 3 A 1. 240% 3A 1308

  In the interest of full disclosure, I am NOT affiliated with the seller somehow.

  I hope this helps.

• New hard drive for my T-61

  My hard drive in my T61 crushed and none of the info could be found.  I have to replace it.  Never had to do it myself.   Here are my questions:

  (1) all of these discs are the same size.  .  .  because I can not find them linked to the individual books, as you batteries, etc., are mat that is if I order one Western Digital WD3200BEKT Scorpio Black Mobile Hard Drive - 320 GB, 2.5 ", 7200 RPM, I'll be able to spend just to the old and slide in the new?

  (2) the machine came with Vista and I think back with Windows XP.  What of all drivers lenovo, etc., who do everything, work on the old system.  I'll never be able to get everyone to install them and how do I find them.

  (3) I don't know anything about the partitioning of the drive, or if it is still necessary. Will be the new installation of windows take care of this automatically?

  (4) any other questions you can anticipate a new facility like this.

  Thank you.

  Hi gcsimpson,

  (1) not all readers of the laptop are the same size, however, you discovered is a compatible player. It will slide in like a baby

  (2) you can find all drivers lenovo from their site. You can either download them manually here:- http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-67853.html. Thinkvantage system update:- http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/TVSU-UPDATE.html

  (3) Windows installation disc will give you an option to partition the drive. Frankly, I do not share readers unless I intend to dual boot my system with another OS. In my point of view, it was not considered necessary.

  (4) don't forget to change the hard drive SATA AHCI to compatibility settings in the BIOS, otherwise Windows would not detect your drive. In addition, the procedure is a good guide on installing Win XP on T61:- http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=188992

  It will be useful.

• ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay fit III 43N3412 for T61

  Anyone know if this adapter works for T61?

  So far I couldn't find this "40Y8725 ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter" on the site that says work for T61.  But I thought Ultrabay options are supposed to be interchangeable? I hope that this is the case.

  I prefer to buy the newer model if it is compatible for the T61.

  It's one of the T61. Ultrabay slim housing uses a PATA connectio to the motherboard of the laptop, so the adapter you buy contains a SATA to PATA chip to allow you to use a SATA hard drive.

  While the new thinkpads, T400, T500, R400, R500, X 200, W500 all use a SATA connection on the motherboard of the laptop, so the device ultrabay for previous machines are not physically compatible. This move is due to the need to allow full support SATAII.

• Check read the code 0000 T500 failed error even with a new hard drive

  Hello

  My T500 was slammed very hard one day, once I reboot, he worked for half an hour and gave up. I tested via the BIOS, he gave me code 0000 read failed error check.

  I presume that the HD is dead, inserted an a healthy Interior and works very well for a few hours and give up once again, tested by BIOS gave me the same error code.

  I was wondering what problem could be?

  best,

  Sy

  Yuanshi wrote:

  I presume that the HD is dead, inserted an a healthy Interior and works very well for a few hours and give up once again, tested by BIOS gave me the same error code.

  You can also prove that it is a SATA interface error by testing two hard drives in a box USB or Firewire. If you can live without portability, then perhaps this is also an option to use the T500 in the future.

• Please download a video on how to put a traditional HARD drive to SSD on lenovo t61

  can someone please upload a video showing how to change a traditional HDD to the SSD on lenovo t61, help appreciated thanks

  Hi ghattiya,

  Removing and replacing the HARD drive, assuming the same form factor, are shown in the Lenovo training videos.

  To get advice on how to clone the drive or do a clean install, I suggest to start by searching the forum.

• Weird hang-ups with T61 HARD drive

  Hello

  I bought a new Thinkpad T61 in March and have had a lot of problems with it since then. I think that they are somehow related to my HARD drive. I'm not 100% sure though.

  In certain situations, my system just hangs. It will not crash, it just hangs. It is always indicated by the light of the disk stopping for blinking and remain on while not other operations that require a HARD disk access is not possible on the machine. For example, I'm usually able to move the mouse, but that's close enough. I could try to open a file and my system just hangs there. There is no visual cue that something is wrong, but I'm not in a position to continue to interact with my system. The only thing that helps is a reboot after Windows Vista notes that she has not stopped correctly but is not aware of any inhibition.

  There are two situations where this scenario is certain to occur. One is if I use my Thinkpad on the train. I'm usually just able to use it for a few minutes and then it crashes. So, it is probably related to the movement. This also happens if I interact with my computer and try for example to open a file, until the desktop and applications are fully charged.

  In addition, I have DRIVE_POWER_STATE_FAILUREs sometimes when put my Thinkpad in hibernation.

  Oh, and sometimes I just get a blue screen randomly while working. I have not yet found a model by those.

  Yes, is there someone out there with similar problems? Do I have to send my Thinkpad (I really can't spare that much at the moment), or is it a driver problem?

  Any help is appreciated.

  Thank you

  Henning

  Henning,

  I think I found the original setting our problem (at least the problem of blocking). Go to Panel, system and maintenance, and Power Options. Then go to edit the parameters of Plan for your current plan, select change advanced power settings, select the hard disk and Windows hybrid hard disk power saver. Disable this on battery and ca.

  I wrote this answer any battery power, something I would not able to do before changing this setting. I would like to know if it works for you.

• Larger and faster hard drive model T61 6458-CTO

  6i would like to know which is the hard drive bigger and faster that I can buy for a T61 (6458-CTO).

  It has a 80 GB hard drive, 5400 RPM and SATA interface (1.5 Gb/s).

  Can I buy a SATA II (3 Gb/s, 500 GB and 7200 RPM) for this computer?

  Thank you.

  Jon

  > Buy a SATA II (3 Gb/s and 500 GB 7200 RPM) for this computer?

  Yes, you can, however, due to limitations in the T61, there only a SATA I interface. This isn't really a problem because the drive itself is unable to transfer data at the maximum speed of the interface.

• The T500 replacement hard drive issues

  Hi Lenovo community,

  My question is about replacing the stock 120 GB of HARD drive that was installed with my laptop factory T500 with a Western Digital Scorpio or portable HARD drive.

  • First of all, this is would be voids any warranty factory supplied with the laptop (it's this last year)?
  • Secondly, if I did a transfer of all of the files from my original HARD drive to the new would I have to manually partition the drive to have the backup and startup disks function normally?
  • Finally, the APS would still normally work?

  I appreciate the advice and provide solutions.

  Thanks advance!

  (1) guaranteed Yes is kept for all parts of your laptop other than the spare hard drive

  (2) burn a set of recovery media and then burn the rescue and recovery backup disks, after installing the new hard drive, then restore your hard drive using the support recovery and restore your Windows and software using rescue and recovery backup disks.

  (3) Yes, whatever the new SATA drive have distinctive head of parking.

• T500 Turbo Memory hard drive Cache.

  I had my T500 built with the Intel 2 GB Turbo Memory Cache on the hard drive. I think I read somewhere (help me decide of information on the web site of the order) that it would make the faster boot process. The only way I found to confirm that it is already installed is shown in disk management as disk 0, online, Simple layout, Type is Basic, no Volume Information and the Staus is Healty (Primary Partition). While I am waiting on my W7 upgrade appears I thought try and discover how to use this option. Any suggestions on where I can find documents of reference on how to use this feature or understand how it is being used with Vista Ultimate? TIA for any help.

  Bob Helms

  I answered my own questions after doing further research. For those who don't want to not pass the time here is what I discovered. This option is basically a 'Dear' flash player which is used to "ReadyBoost". Supported Vista ReadyBoost is considered lame by all those who blog about it. Support of Windows 7 ReadyBoost is a little more robust IMHO you can do just as well with a key of 8 or 16 GB and spend much less than the cost of the in-house option of Lenovo.

  Bob Helms

• T61 new solid state hard drive Code STOP 07 b - WinXP

  I replaced my faulty hard drive with a disk hard solid state by using the rescue and complete the recovery using the recovery CD for Windows XP.  He completely loaded; However, upon reboot final after loading 6CD, I get a stop code and it restarts only to stop again.  Any ideas?