hard drives ricoh mpc 3002

[mrgene]

of course all the used machines we get now a days no hard drives.
on the 5000 5501 mpc we have always just put in a hard drive format it and boom we are up and moving.

but for some reason the mpc 02 series will not let us format it reads failed. So the questions is are we missing something????

[zed255]

You putting in the specified capacity drive or larger? If the drive is smaller than it originally shipped with I would expect an error. The xx02 series were 500G if I recall of the top of my head.

[copier tech]

The current 03's have 320GB so the 02's would be the same if not smaller.

[slimslob]

If I remember correctly, the minimum size is 250GB. Anything larger, within reason, should work. Hopefully they left the SATA and power cables when they removed the drives.

[mrgene]

I have tried a 250 gig it was out of a working 5501 machine and a 500 gig out of a working mpc 301

do they have to be cleaned or formatted like new ?

[slimslob]

I have tried a 250 gig it was out of a working 5501 machine and a 500 gig out of a working mpc 301

do they have to be cleaned or formatted like new ?

If properly installed and functional, the machine will detect the new drive and automatically format it.

[zed255]

If I'm 'recycling' a used drive I like to do a zero-fill to make the drive squeaky clean, digitally speaking. Takes a little time but avoids issue with one machine trying to utilize the partitioning and formatting performed on a different unit.

[mrgene]

I guess I have two hard drives that wont work in the 02 series (I have three 02 and they all do the same thing) even though the hard drives work in the 5501's

[imaginemoko]

320 GB small hdd size for laptops.

[mrgene]

fyi the hard drives must be formatted first