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IBM ThinkPad® I Series 1400 and 1500 Notebook Computers

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L.

 

Replace the silver plate over the hard drive and secure it with the
three screws in step G.

M.

 

Replace the keyboard and secure it using the two screws you removed
in step D.

N.

 

Replace I Series bar above the keyboard and return the tab back to its
original position.

O.

 

Replace all the cables you removed in step B.

Formatting a New Hard Drive

If your Simple Technology hard drive is not formatted, you must format it
before it can hold data.

A.

 

Boot from a startup disk. Then, at the DOS prompt, type 

FDISK

 and

press the Enter key.

B.

 

When prompted about creating a partition over 2 GB, answer 

Yes

.

(Older versions of FDISK do not ask this question.)

C.

 

When the menu appears, select 

1. Create DOS partition or Logical

DOS Drive

 and press Enter.

D.

 

When prompted, select 

1. Create Primary DOS Partition

 and press

Enter

E.

 

When prompted, either press Enter to accept the default size or press

N

 to define a custom partition size.

F.

 

Press Esc until you return to the FDISK options. Then select 

2. Set

active partition.

G.

 

Press 1 to make the primary partition active. Then press Esc until you
return to the DOS prompt. Restart your notebook to have your
changes take effect.

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Summary of Contents for IBM ThinkPad I Series

Page 1: ...500 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 2 IBM ThinkPad 1400 and 1500 Notebooks 2 3 Formatting a New Hard Drive 3 4 Creating a Windows 98 Startup Disk 4 Alltrademarksorregisteredtrademarkslistedinthisdocumentbelongtotheirrespectiveowners 2000SimpleTechnology Partnumber STCD CPHD xxxx www simpletech com Hard Drive Quick Start Guide IBM ThinkPad I Series 1400 and 1500 Notebook Computers ...

Page 2: ...ries bar above the keyboard D Locate and remove the two screws holding the keyboard in place E Find the tab located directly above the AC adapter plug the AC adapter plug is located on the back of the IBM TP Pull out this tab F Gently lift up the keyboard and place it on the palm rest G Locate the silver plate covering the hard drive Then remove the three screws securing the silver plate and remov...

Page 3: ...Boot from a startup disk Then at the DOS prompt type FDISK and press the Enter key B When prompted about creating a partition over 2 GB answer Yes Older versions of FDISK do not ask this question C When the menu appears select 1 Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive and press Enter D When prompted select 1 Create Primary DOS Partition and press Enter E When prompted either press Enter to accep...

Page 4: ...1 Year Limited Product Warranty commences on the purchasedateappearingonthepurchasereceipt SimpleTechnologywillhavenoliabilityforProductreturnedifSimpleTechnologydeterminesthattheclaimeddefecta isnotpresent orb is attributable to misuse improper installation alteration includingremovingorobliteratinglabels ormishandling after original shipment from SimpleTechnology Subject to the preceding limitat...

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