"Dave" writes:

Aaah. As I feared... Okay, well I'll just have to find an IDE hard drive
to upgrade to, or learn to live within the space I have. Thanks.

Apparently the T43 is also picky about the specific drive type. You'll
get an "Error 2010" warning during every boot if you put in some random
drive. Workarounds are getting an approved drive or using an unofficial
BIOS. http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Proble...Pad_hard_disks
has the details.