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    Harddisk active protection require a special hard?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by vincentiu2002, Dec 4, 2004.

  1. vincentiu2002

    vincentiu2002 Newbie

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    Can you tell me if i can replace the internal harddisk in a T42 with a biger one without loosing the active protection system? This system uses a special hardware or is only a software system?

    Many thanks gor your advices.

    wish you all a good day
     
    vincentiu2002, Dec 4, 2004
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  2. eriqesque

    eriqesque Notebook Enthusiast

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    No you will not loose the active protection it's built into the motherboard.

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    eriqesque, Dec 5, 2004
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    vincentiu2002 Newbie

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    Mant thanks for your information eriqesque. now I know I can change my 30 Gb hdd with an 60 GB.

    Remains to read and check all info regarding changing the regional settings from Italian to English and try to make another recovery images for the English version.

    One more time many thanks.

    Wish yoa a good day / Adrian
     
    vincentiu2002, Dec 5, 2004
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