Toshiba Laptops and 12GB Drive

Hi: I've a Toshiba 470.  This is close enough to the 490 so what I did may be applicable to your machine too.   I've upgraded my harddrive to a 12GB (according to the box 13GB) drive.  The drive came with EZ-BIOS.  The 8GB boundary is a Toshiba BIOS limitation and is not a hardware limitati

Toshiba Laptops and 12GB Drive

Hi: I've a Toshiba 470.  This is close enough to the 490 so what I did may be applicable to your machine too.   I've upgraded my harddrive to a 12GB (according to the box 13GB) drive.  The drive came with EZ-BIOS.  The 8GB boundary is a Toshiba BIOS limitation and is not a hardware limitati