GTA wrote on 2023-05-09, 20:33:

hello does anyone knows if 120gb m.2 sata ssd with ide adapter on the toshiba portage 300ct or 320ct will work and if the bios will see the drive and the 120gb drive size?

I doubt it will be patched up to the 128gb limit.

More likely you will be limited to one of the hard drive size limits

https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Large-Disk-HOWTO-4.html

I have a Toshiba Satellite 320CDT and wasn't able to make a 120GB M.2 Sata SSD with adapter work. Not even on a Satellite 4000 which is a Pentium 2 model. Don't know if it's the size, or the fact that it's a M.2 drive, or if the problem is my specific SSD, or the adapter.

i have Toshiba Portage 320CT with its docking station and i need a storge option for it and i have a tough time choosing between m.2 sata ssd with ide adapter or a sd card with ide adapter, is sd card with ide adapter will be safer option?

Somewhwere here on Vogons I read that some M2 Sata SSDs are not fully compatible so maybe it depends on the model. I also have a 8GB M2 Sata SSD which worked fine so I tried the one with 120GB which didn't. I don't remember exactly but I encountered many strange problems. (One was the original FDISK has problems with drives larger than 64GB)

I personally trust SSDs more than SD-cards so I'm using a 60GB mSATA with IDE adapter now, but an 16GB SD-card also worked fine.

HanSolo wrote on 2023-05-10, 10:51:

Somewhwere here on Vogons I read that some M2 Sata SSDs are not fully compatible so maybe it depends on the model. I also have a 8GB M2 Sata SSD which worked fine so I tried the one with 120GB which didn't. I don't remember exactly but I encountered many strange problems. (One was the original FDISK has problems with drives larger than 64GB)

I personally trust SSDs more than SD-cards so I'm using a 60GB mSATA with IDE adapter now, but an 16GB SD-card also worked fine.

also the problems with getting smaller ssds that they are harder to find in local stores and in general and that also are new and unused, i prefer to get something that is new and not storge option that is used, the 120gb one is the smallest and cheapest i can find

I got mine from ebay. They were sold as unused and I trusted the (private) sellers. However I don't mind too much for this usecase. It's not as if I store critical data on it. If it works then it will probably be fine for as long as I use it.

HanSolo wrote on 2023-05-10, 12:09:

I got mine from ebay. They were sold as unused and I trusted the (private) sellers. However I don't mind too much for this usecase. It's not as if I store critical data on it. If it works then it will probably be fine for as long as I use it.

before i bought a used 40gb ide hard drive for my toshiba portage 320ct and it is work but in the crystal disk onfo i remamber it is said that hard drive is caution but it is did work but later the hard drive stoped working for me like it is dead and thats why i need a new storge option for me toshiba portage 320ct, so that also few of the reasons why i prefer to not buy used drives

HanSolo wrote on 2023-05-10, 12:09:

I got mine from ebay. They were sold as unused and I trusted the (private) sellers. However I don't mind too much for this usecase. It's not as if I store critical data on it. If it works then it will probably be fine for as long as I use it.

but is it possible to tell if the ssd model will work on this laptops?

GTA wrote on 2023-05-10, 08:01:

i have Toshiba Portage 320CT with its docking station and i need a storge option for it and i have a tough time choosing between m.2 sata ssd with ide adapter or a sd card with ide adapter, is sd card with ide adapter will be safer option?

Hard to say, but I think you could maybe choose a smaller m.2 ssd to put in it. Like a 8 gb or a 32 gb

You may be able to use the 128gb one and just program the bios to the largest size the bios supports and format a partition that size.

I have had more luck with sata m.2 2.5” adapted internally pata drives than I have with sd or compact flash drives personally.

Sphere478 wrote on 2023-05-11, 02:10:

Hard to say, but I think you could maybe choose a smaller m.2 ssd to put in it. Like a 8 gb or a 32 gb […]
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GTA wrote on 2023-05-10, 08:01:

i have Toshiba Portage 320CT with its docking station and i need a storge option for it and i have a tough time choosing between m.2 sata ssd with ide adapter or a sd card with ide adapter, is sd card with ide adapter will be safer option?

Hard to say, but I think you could maybe choose a smaller m.2 ssd to put in it. Like a 8 gb or a 32 gb

You may be able to use the 128gb one and just program the bios to the largest size the bios supports and format a partition that size.

I have had more luck with sata m.2 2.5” adapted internally pata drives than I have with sd or compact flash drives personally.

okay but do you have a sd card in your laptop?

should i go with sd card with ide adapter insted?

GTA wrote on 2023-05-11, 06:56:

Sphere478 wrote on 2023-05-11, 02:10:

Hard to say, but I think you could maybe choose a smaller m.2 ssd to put in it. Like a 8 gb or a 32 gb […]
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GTA wrote on 2023-05-10, 08:01:

i have Toshiba Portage 320CT with its docking station and i need a storge option for it and i have a tough time choosing between m.2 sata ssd with ide adapter or a sd card with ide adapter, is sd card with ide adapter will be safer option?

Hard to say, but I think you could maybe choose a smaller m.2 ssd to put in it. Like a 8 gb or a 32 gb

You may be able to use the 128gb one and just program the bios to the largest size the bios supports and format a partition that size.

I have had more luck with sata m.2 2.5” adapted internally pata drives than I have with sd or compact flash drives personally.

okay but do you have a sd card in your laptop?

There are adapters for SD -> 44 Pin IDE (2.5"). Same exists for Compact Flash.

should i go with sd card with ide adapter insted?

I think as long as you go for a smaller capacity (e.g. 32GB) probably all solutions will work

GTA wrote on 2023-05-11, 06:56:

Sphere478 wrote on 2023-05-11, 02:10:

Hard to say, but I think you could maybe choose a smaller m.2 ssd to put in it. Like a 8 gb or a 32 gb […]
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GTA wrote on 2023-05-10, 08:01:

i have Toshiba Portage 320CT with its docking station and i need a storge option for it and i have a tough time choosing between m.2 sata ssd with ide adapter or a sd card with ide adapter, is sd card with ide adapter will be safer option?

Hard to say, but I think you could maybe choose a smaller m.2 ssd to put in it. Like a 8 gb or a 32 gb

You may be able to use the 128gb one and just program the bios to the largest size the bios supports and format a partition that size.

I have had more luck with sata m.2 2.5” adapted internally pata drives than I have with sd or compact flash drives personally.

okay but do you have a sd card in your laptop?

My laptop is broken but I have a msata adapter 2.5” drive that works every time I have tried it in a system. I have another that is sata m.2 and it also works every time I try it. Most of the systems I have tried it in though have had the size limit patches.

Sphere478 wrote on 2023-05-11, 16:26:

GTA wrote on 2023-05-11, 06:56:

Sphere478 wrote on 2023-05-11, 02:10:

Hard to say, but I think you could maybe choose a smaller m.2 ssd to put in it. Like a 8 gb or a 32 gb

You may be able to use the 128gb one and just program the bios to the largest size the bios supports and format a partition that size.

I have had more luck with sata m.2 2.5” adapted internally pata drives than I have with sd or compact flash drives personally.

okay but do you have a sd card in your laptop?

My laptop is broken but I have a msata adapter 2.5” drive that works every time I have tried it in a system. I have another that is sata m.2 and it also works every time I try it. Most of the systems I have tried it in though have had the size limit patches.

okay, but are this systems from the 90s?

Yes

Sphere478 wrote on 2023-05-11, 21:58:

Yes

okay, but also some pepole said that it is dosnt work for them like in this systems area the m.2 sata ssds with ide adapter, so idk

im feeling like i maybe will go with a sd card

GTA wrote on 2023-05-11, 22:06:

Sphere478 wrote on 2023-05-11, 21:58:

Yes

okay, but also some pepole said that it is dosnt work for them like in this systems area the m.2 sata ssds with ide adapter, so idk

I believe them 😀

There is a lot of try it and see what happens in this hobby haha

Sphere478 wrote on 2023-05-12, 01:42:

GTA wrote on 2023-05-11, 22:06:

Sphere478 wrote on 2023-05-11, 21:58:

Yes

okay, but also some pepole said that it is dosnt work for them like in this systems area the m.2 sata ssds with ide adapter, so idk

I believe them 😀

There is a lot of try it and see what happens in this hobby haha

okay