Installed New Hard Drive (Warranty Replacement) - Few Issues

Hi

My old hard drive on my T500 started acting up. I got a replacement from Lenovo and have a few quick issues I'd like some help resolving:

1. Both hard drives had part number 42T1057. Both had a manufacturers sticker with 7200RPM and the exact same model numbers. But, the replacement had a sticker on the top that differed from the original. I originally bought a 7200RPM, and the original sticker with the ASM and FRU P/Ns said 7200RPM above the bar code. The new one, however, has the exact same ASM and FRU P/Ns but it said 5400RPM. It does not match the RMP sticker on the drive, this is just a sticker it looks like was put on after Lenovo received it from the manufacturer. Is it reason for concern and is there any way to indeed prove it is 7200RPM? It says "Serviceable Used Part" as expected for a warranty used part, but I don't think they could slow it down.


2. I installed the new hard drive following all instructions. But now I hear a very faint beep coming from under the keyboard I never heard before. It's pretty constant, 2-3 beeps per second I can hear when the room is completely silent. I have taken the drive out and reset it 2-3 times but it still happens. Any suggestions, or just keep taking it out and resetting until I find the perfect spot in there and it stops beeping? How far in should I push it/force it?


3. I used the reboot discs they provided and now have all sorts of the crap coming up at startup and slowing it down. I remember when I first got it I used a guide from here to get rid of all the stuff, but now I can't find it. Any help?


4. The hard drive is partitioned to C: with 128 GB and Q: (Lenovo) eating 19 GB on a 160 GB drive. Currently only about 3 GB of stuff on it, but I want to get rid of the stuff and get it all onto one 148 GB partition. Any help/guides on that? The 2 folders inside Q: are showroom (with a bunch of appid folders inside) and SWTOOLS with a bunch of apps inside (like Earthlink, NetZero, McCafee, etc.)

I appreciate any help/advice on any of the above issues, but the beeping is what will bother me the most and I just can't figure that one out.

Thanks a lot.

 

If the part#'s and fru's are the same, it is most likely the correct drive. Download HDTune and check the results. You should be able to tell based on the speed, and also it will tell you the exact drive model.

Hard drives shouldn't beep. Not sure what it is.

 

Delete Q: and S:? Expand your regular petition (C to cover them.
-Renee

 

Thanks Renee

Any chance you could explain how to or link to a guide? I'm not very computer literate.

The beeping noise had stopped after I reset the drive once more.

Now just to figure out how to get rid of all this crap that came on it.

Thanks.

 

I beleive the information in the following thread might be useful for you. They also discuss how you can remove the other partitions:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=320879

Just be sure to backup your restore partitions in case you need the restore media - or if the discs you received with the replacement hard drive contain the restore images then you can skip this backup. Backup your data though before playing around with the partitions