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Document ID: LWIK-3V2Q5H

TP General - Floppy and CD-ROM drive warm swap matrix by operating system

Applicable to: World-Wide

The table below lists whether you can warm swap the floppy and the CD-ROM drive under the different operating systems and what is required to do so.

ThinkPad

DOS/Windows

Windows 95

Windows NT

OS/2 Warp

600

Yes (1)

Yes

No

Yes (2)

755CD/CDV

Yes (1)

Yes

No

Yes (2,3)

760

Yes (1)

Yes (for 760C/CD/L/LD)
No (for 760E/ED/EL/ELD)
No (for 760XD/XL)

No

Yes (2,3)

765

Yes (1)

No

No

Yes (2,3)

770 (all)

Yes (1)

Yes

Yes

Yes (4)


(1) Need the parameter /R on the device driver in the config.sys file
(2) Warp 4 (only): You are given the option to install support during Selective Install
(3) Warp 3: Requires the following driver diskette ()
(4) Must be in 3 channel IDE mode. To set this go to ThinkPad Configuration - Docking Station icon - IDE Channel Select. Also enable Warm Swap under the UltraBay icon within ThinkPad Configuration as well.

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Hint Category

CD-ROM Drives, DOS/Windows 3.x, OS/2, Windows 95, Windows NT

Date Created

01-06-98

Last Updated

26-01-99

Revision Date

26-01-2000

Brand

IBM ThinkPad

Product Family

ThinkPad 600, ThinkPad 600E, ThinkPad 755CD, ThinkPad 755CDV, ThinkPad 760C, ThinkPad 760E, ThinkPad 760CD, ThinkPad 760L/LD, ThinkPad 760ED, ThinkPad 760XD, ThinkPad 760EL/ELD, ThinkPad 760XL, ThinkPad 765L, ThinkPad 765D, ThinkPad 770, ThinkPad 770E/ED, ThinkPad 770X, ThinkPad 770Z

Machine Type

2645, 2646, 9545, 9546, 9547, 9548, 9549, 9544

Model

Various

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