| For T43 owner which upgrade their HD with aftermarket HITACHI/HGST: link:
 http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=20858
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 On the link above MESSAR wrote:
 Warrning: Updating failure may cause unrecoverble damage to your harddisk and it may not work! This guide is only for power users.
 Part A: Guide for updating retail harddisks except Hitachi 5K100/7K100 series
 Step 1. Download the iso image from the following link
 http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-62282
 Step 2. Burn the image file into a CD-R or CD-RW disc
 Step 3. Check the FW.PRO file in the disc, take a 60GB harddisk of 5K80 series for example here:
 ; Hitachi : HTS5480xxM9AT00
 ;
 ; HTS548060M9AT00 60.0GB
 "HTS548060M9AT00","MGBOA50A","MGBOA5HA","MGBIA5HA.bin","hfui12L.exe","IA5HA","/u MRLA5HA.tbl"
 "HTS548060M9AT00","MGBOA55A","MGBOA5HA","MGBIA5HA.bin","hfui12L.exe","IA5HA","/u MRLA5HA.tbl"
 "HTS548060M9AT00","MGBOA5BA","MGBOA5HA","MGBIA5HA.bin","hfui12L.exe","IA5HA","/u MRLA5HA.tbl"
 "HTS548060M9AT00","MGBOA5DA","MGBOA5HA","MGBIA5HA.bin","hfui12L.exe","IA5HA","/u MRLA5HA.tbl"
 We can see that the phrases include 4 parts of information for automated flashing work:
 MGBIA5HA.bin: New firmware file
 hfui12L.exe: Flash program for specified harddisk
 IA5HA: Version control phrase
 MRLA5HA.tbl: CHECKSUM file
 Find the phrases whitch matchs your harddisk and write down the 4 parts for following work.
 Step 4. Boot with the disc, press "F5" key after seeing the boot messege to skip the autoexec program
 Step 5. Type in the command in the following format:
 [Flash program] [Version control phrase, first char. change to O] [New firmware file] /F [CHECKSUM file]
 Take a 60GB harddisk of 5K80 series for example, the command should be:
 hfui12L.exe OA5HA MGBIA5HA.bin /F MRLA5HA.tbl
 Excute the command and press "U" in the program, you will see the failure information. That';s doesn';t matter, let';s exit the program and continue to the next step.
 Step 6. Type in the command in the following format:
 [Flash program] [Version control phrase] [New firmware file] /F [CHECKSUM file]
 Take a 60GB harddisk of 5K80 series for example, the command should be:
 hfui12L.exe IA5HA MGBIA5HA.bin /F MRLA5HA.tbl
 Excute the command and press "U" in the program, you will see the PASS information.
 Congratulations! Your harddisk has been updated to IBM official firmware
 
 Part B: Guide for updating retail Hitachi 5K100s and 7K100s
 Step 1. Download the 1.44M floppy image I provided, for I can not post with attachment here, the file is uploaded to rapidshare, please download from the following link:
 http://rapidshare.de/files/13537522/5K7K100.rar.html
 Step 2. Write the image file into a floppy disk or a flash stick. It';s also ok for choosing the software boot solution (vfloppy or some others), but you need another tool to extract the FW.PRO file from the image.
 Step 3. Check the FW.PRO file in the disk, take a 80GB harddisk of 5K100 series for example here:
 ; Hitachi : HTS5410xxG9AT00
 ;
 ; HTS541080G9AT00 80.0GB
 "HTS541080G9AT00","MB4IA5BJ","MB4IA60A","MB4IA60A.bdr","hfui14.exe","IA60A","/u mpbA60Ab.tbl"
 "HTS541080G9AT00","MBYIA5BJ","MBYIA60A","MBYIA60A.bdr","hfui14.exe","IA60A","/u mpbA60Ab.tbl"
 
 We can see that the phrases include 4 parts of information for automated flashing work:
 MBYIA60A.bdr: New firmware file
 hfui14.exe: Flash program for specified harddisk
 IA60A: Version control phrase
 mpbA60Ab.tbl: CHECKSUM file
 Find the phrases whitch matchs your harddisk and write down the 4 parts for following work.
 Step 4. Boot with the disk
 Step 5. Type in the command in the following format:
 [Flash program] [Version control phrase, first char. change to O] [New firmware file] /F [CHECKSUM file]
 Take a 80GB harddisk of 5K100 series for example, the command should be:
 hfui14.exe OA60A MBYIA60A.bdr /F mpbA60Ab.tbl
 Excute the command and press "U" in the program, you will see the failure information. That';s doesn';t matter, let';s exit the program and continue to the next step.
 Step 6. Type in the command in the following format:
 [Flash program] [Version control phrase] [New firmware file] /F [CHECKSUM file]
 Take a 80GB harddisk of 5K100 series for example, the command should be:
 hfui14.exe IA60A MBYIA60A.bdr /F mpbA60Ab.tbl
 Excute the command and press "U" in the program, you will see the PASS information.
 Congratulations! Your harddisk has been updated to IBM official firmware
 Note for 5K100 100G user: The FW.PRO file doesn';t contain a seprate part for 5K100 100G harddisk. Check the firmware version of your harddisk with AIDA32 or Everest before any work, if the firmware version is started with "MBYO", I think the following line should be the suite one for your 5K100 100G harddisk.
 "HTS541080G9AT00","MBYIA5BJ","MBYIA60A","MBYIA60A.bdr","hfui14.exe","IA60A","/u mpbA60Ab.tbl"
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 I have 7K100 Hitachi with FIRMWARE MCZOA40M
 command line FOR 7K100 100GB 7200rpm HITACHI :
 A>hfui15.exe OA51A MCZIA51A.BDR /F MPCA51AB.TBL
 press U in the program, see failure after trying to update. But it doesn';t matter. Exit the program then type following:
 A>hfui15.exe IA51A MCZIA51A.BDR /F MPCA51AB.TBL
 Press U again in the program, you should see Pass..Exit and Reboot..
 Ya Da..
 NO MORE 2010 ERROR MESSAGE AFTER ALL..
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