MMCS HDD :
- content description
- partitions table
- MBR
- first track
- list accepted /unaccepted HDD's
- content (will be uploaded)



MY CONFIGURATION:
- MMCS HDD connected as PRIMARY MASTER ( laptop - PANASONIC CF-29 )
- System booted from CD for ex: Hiren's BootCD 11.1 http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd or Norton Ghost 15 Boot CD
- External Harddrive conected to USB (500 GB Transcend)



SYMANTEC GHOST 11.5.1 MBR, FIRST TRACK, PARTITION TABLE :
http://rapidshare.com/files/42863151...S_GHOST_11.ZIP

SYMANTEC GHOST 15 MBR, FIRST TRACK, PARTITION TABLE :
http://rapidshare.com/files/42863180..._GHOST_15_.ZIP

SYMANTEC GHOST 11.5.1


HD TUNE 2.55


PARTITION WIZARD HOME EDITION V4.2.2


HD TUNE info:
HD Tune: TOSHIBA MK3029GAC Information

Firmware version : RA103A
Serial number : 66RX8853T
Capacity : 27.9 GB (~30.0 GB)
Buffer size : n/a
Standard : ATA/ATAPI-6
Supported mode : UDMA Mode 5 (Ultra ATA/100)
Current mode : UDMA Mode 5 (Ultra ATA/100)

S.M.A.R.T : yes
48-bit Address : no
Read Look-Ahead : yes
Write Cache : yes
Host Protected Area : yes
Device Configuration Overlay : yes
Automatic Acoustic Management: no
Power Management : yes
Advanced Power Management : yes
Power-up in Standby : no
Security Mode : yes
Firmware Upgradable : no

Partition : 1
Drive letter : C:\
Label : HDD
Capacity : 20481 MB
Usage : 49.07%
Type : FAT32
Bootable : No

Partition : 2
Drive letter : H:\
Label : HDD2
Capacity : 125 MB
Usage : 0.80%
Type : FAT32
Bootable : No

Partition : 3
Drive letter : I:\
Label : HDD3
Capacity : 509 MB
Usage : 4.72%
Type : FAT32
Bootable : No

Partition : 4
Drive letter : E:\
Label : TFAT
Capacity : 1027 MB
Usage : 0.88%
Type : FAT32
Bootable : No

Partition : 5
Drive letter : F:\
Label : TFAT
Capacity : 1027 MB
Usage : 29.11%
Type : FAT32
Bootable : No

Partition : 6
Drive letter : G:\
Label : TFAT
Capacity : 5436 MB
Usage : 29.49%
Type : FAT32
Bootable : No

List of accepted MMCS HDDs :

TOSHIBA MK3029GAC 30 GB

TOSHIBA MK4036GAC 40 GB, 4200rpm, 8MB, Parallel ATA (ATA6) Temp: operating: -30 to 85 °C, nonoperating: -40 to 85 °C, Shock: operating: 200g, nonoperating: 800g
http://sdd.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Pat...Specifications

List of NOT accepted MMCS HDDs :

SAMSUNG Spinpoint (HM160HC), 5400rpm, 160GB/8m/PATA

WESTERN DIGITAL Scorpio (WD3200BEVE), 5400rpm, 320GB



Pls send here additional info about accepted HDD's
even NOT accepted too,
I think, it can help us

 

Does NOT work:

Western Digital Scorpio (WD3200BEVE), 5400rpm, 320GB

Does Work:

Hitachi Travelstar (IC25N040ATCS05-0), 5400rpm, 40GB

 

Pls inform about exact type, is it WD3200BEVE ?

 

Great post!
It is a good idea to be able to have a cloned HDD in case of MMCS HDD failure.
Is there anyone using a cloned HDD in the MMCS successfully?
Any more info on makes and models of drives being used successfully would certainly be helpful to alot of people,myself included.
Thanks.

 

Hi wiseowl,

To confirm, samsung 160gb 5400rpm is working fine, still

 

Tried to download the files but failed ! where ca a downlaod the files on the hdd??

 

Hi, all!
Can I start MMCS from HDD WD 160Gb?
My MMCS write on screen: Insert program disk.
And not recognize my 40Gb Toshiba HDD... Please Help!

 

I recently migrated MMCS from the standard toshiba 30GB drive to a 64GB SSD Transcend TS64GSSD25-M 64GB SSD MLC 44PIN 2.5 IDE DRIVE!! Everything works ok and Navigation seems to load faster...
You can read more about it at a recent thread of mine...
https://mitsubishiforum.com/forum/sh...ad.php?t=39222

By the way MMCS after cold starup (after reconnecting battery) loads operating system to onboard SDRAM and then only accesses music server/navigation files....
There are several reports that drives of 160GB fail after cold restart which MEANS THAT ON BOARD BIOS MUST ONLY SUPPORT 28BIT LBA WITH MAX CAPACITY OF 128GB SIZE!!!!
'LBA works with a 64-bit sector address, so we can (theoretically) access the staggering amount of 8,796,093,022,208 GB! Due to limitations of the ATA interface, only the lower 28 bits of the LBA address can used by an EIDE drive resulting in a, still formidable, limit of 128 GB'
http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/bioslim.htm
I doubt that any disk above this limit will work after a cold restart in MMCS....

 

It would be really useful to list what the function of each partition is.

I am guessing the only partitions we would be interested in are the Music Server and Nav maps partitions.

Perhaps someone could reply with which is which?

Cheers

 

Please report us about accepted HDD successfully coldbooted !!! It can be done by disconecting acu (battery) for a few minutes or via Menu by pressing SET+NAVI for 5 seconds , taping VERSION INDICATION and pressing key MENU then choosing HDD Load from menu.
HDD fully comptible with MMCS wil reload system and all works quick and fine, music server is not loading every start of MMCS.
I found several kinds HDDs like Fujitsu, Hitachi WD, Samsung which are not cold booting but theay are working with new maps and music server fine, sometimes server is loading every start of MMCS.
The best accepted HDD's for MMCS in my opinion are Toshiba HDDs