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    A couple of questions about T 61

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Sextus, Dec 11, 2007.

  1. Sextus

    Sextus Notebook Geek

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    I've just bought a T 61 and I'd like to ask these two questions:

    (1) I was told that the it had 160 GB and it actually has 142 GB. Is it the usual difference?

    (2) I've never used a ThinkPad before. When I use Microsoft Word, I can't scroll by using the TrackPoint center button and the TrackPoint pointing stick. Why is that? It's freaking me out.

    Thanks for your help.
     
    Sextus, Dec 11, 2007
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  2. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    On the first question, the OS takes up some space, and a few GB are lost in formatting.
     
    pixelot, Dec 11, 2007
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  3. chubbyfatazn

    chubbyfatazn Notebook Evangelist

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    Don't forget the recovery partition. That eats up around 7GB on my HDD.

    I can scroll with the pointing stick config in MS2003 just fine. Maybe it's a setting in the control panel that you need to fix?
     
    chubbyfatazn, Dec 12, 2007
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  4. Sextus

    Sextus Notebook Geek

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    Well, I don't know, I went to the control panel, and everything seems ok. Actually, when I open other windows I can scroll just fine. I don't know why it happens only in some cases.
     
    Sextus, Dec 12, 2007
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  5. eyecon82

    eyecon82 Notebook Deity

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    it is the way you count bytes. it is normal to have a 147gb total hd, such as what I have when i paid for 160gb
     
    eyecon82, Dec 12, 2007
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    about scrolling with the middle button: you can definitely do it. Have you installed the synaptics drivers? I'm not home so not using my t61 so don't know for sure, but it has to do with installing all the drivers for the mouse/trackpad/synaptics thing. Check the driver matrices on the lenovo website and download all things mice. ;)
     
    jbauchet, Dec 12, 2007
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