[ltp] Dying HD

[Benjamí Villoslada]

Seems that 40 GB HD is dying: doesn't start when laptop power on. I need to 
accept 2-4 BIOS HD error and then disk start.  When start, work fine.

I'm looking for a new disk, and have one doubt: This BIOS laptop can «see» 
more than 40 GB?

Details:

ThinkPad R40 2681-HSG

$ sudo hdparm -i /dev/hda

/dev/hda:

 Model=HITACHI_DK23EA-40B, FwRev=00K3A0B6, SerialNo=E55525
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off
 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=71898101
 IORDY=yes, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
 AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
 Drive conforms to: ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 3:  ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3 
ATA/ATAPI-4 ATA/ATAPI-5

 * signifies the current active mode



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Benjamí
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