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    Help with installing Hard Drive in Advanced Dock using Ultra Bay?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by michaelhryu, Feb 16, 2010.

  1. michaelhryu

    michaelhryu Notebook Enthusiast

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    Recently I installed Win7 Pro 64-bit on my T500. Soon thereafter I bought ThinkPad Advanced Dock (250310U), mainly to install an extra internal hard drive thru ultra bay option. Then I purchased ThinkPad Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter (40Y8725) and Hitachi 500GB Travelstar SATA 7200 RPM Laptop Internal Hard Drive HD20500IDK/7K.

    I received the ultra bay adapter and Hitachi HD and installed the HD, but my T500 does not recognize the hard drive. What am I missing here? Do I need to purchase any additional part? Or, do I need to format the new ultra bay HD, please?

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!
     
    michaelhryu, Feb 16, 2010
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    phuoc Notebook Enthusiast

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    Why u need a docking station for hd ultra bay? don't u just swap it with the disc drive? or can i use both disc and ultra bay hd, if i have a docking station? would be great to know, i would also order an ultra bay hd, if that's true.
     
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    michaelhryu Notebook Enthusiast

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    That is because I don't move my laptop around a lot, and I just wanted to keep the CD/DVD drive while having an extra HD for backups and such.

    To order an ultra bay adapter, you should check out compatibility issues between your machine and adapter, I believe.
     
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    I figured out what the problem was, thanks to a PM from a member here. The new HD was unformated upon arrival. So I had to format it using Disk Management. It was a bit tricky,though, because it was my first time installing internal hard drive and format it, let alone dealing with things like ultra bay.
     
    michaelhryu, Feb 17, 2010
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