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Can't Install Hard Drive
As a result, when I attempted to use my HP Recovery CD, it produced the C: prompt but indicated that it was unable to detect a hard drive. The HP Recovery CD is looking for the image file to install the OS and other software that was on the computer when it left HP on a hidden partition on the hard drive.

SCSI problems "cannot install hard drive handler"
I have a new WD external hard drive that I'm trying use with Vista Ultimate, but when I connect the drive I get an error message saying, "Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it. USB Mass Storage Device Access is denied" I found a KB article which seems

install hard drive, needs dos partition?
Mike Robinett mrobi...@binary.net linux redhat install I have a 2560 mb &1707 mb hard drive here all just waiting to be used looks like I'm thinking of setting mine up this way and hope it works ok for space and all /boot = 15 mb as i found out for playing with the size of partitions that the smallest that it would

Linux install hard drive questions on size of partions
Jerome T. Czeikus ChiefZ...@MSN.com microsoft public mshardware product All of the hard drives I've bought included the instructions necessary to install it in a computer. Need step by step instructions to install an additional hard drive to my system microsoft 2000 home addition. thanks.

2nd hard drive
This trick is only for reinstalling Windows XP on the exact same computer after formatting the hard drive. The OP is installing a new motherboard. His old wpa.dbl file is pretty much worthless. Will that work if one installs a new hard drive with everything else the same? It may, but it shouldn't.

Can't Install External Hard Drive
In my early try at getting the hard drive to boot I also got a message that WINDOWS 98 HAS DECTECTED THAT DRIVE C DOES NOT CONTAIN A VALID FAT or FAT32 PARTITION. Here are some of the things I have tried and the messages I then got: When I tried to install windows 98SE from the CD I got.

install hard drive and loading operation system
The hard drive's unique Hardware ID does hold a vote. Whether the change forces a re-activation depends on what other hardware vote holders has changed recently. Your post is unclear about how you intend to move to the new drive. Using an image will preserve the XP volume's VSN, doing a fresh install will create a

Update - new hard drive in laptop - questions
If it says "Not Supported" then the hard drive doesn't implement SMART. If it says anything like "Failing" then the hard drive is faulty. SMART isn't very good at detecting some types of faults, but if it says something is wrong you had better believe it. A possible explanation is that after installing a new

how to formatted disk on Mac OS 9.2
I removed a hard drive from a computer with xp installed on the computer,,, this hard drive was the slave drive, so it didn't have the xp os on it, the drive was used for file storage,,,, when I tried to install windows me on it, I got a message saying I needed to make a partition with dos seperate from the rest of

Can't Install Hard Drive
So far as I know, the BIOS does not determine the size of a hard drive; the size of the hard drive is determined in the manufacturing process. However, the BIOS does determine how large a partition can be. After installing the new hard drive, you will need to have your BIOS to recognize it, and you can normally do

MB Upgrade
So your 'fresh' install is already cluttered up with files and registry settings that you don't need... As you have a full XP CD, then put your Dell Win2000 out of reach, boot on the XP CD (check you BIOS has boot on CD as the first boot drive) and format the hard drive (an option at the start of the XP install),

Can't install hard drive
kleefarr kleef...@discussions.microsoft.com microsoft public win2000 general Have returned the hard drive and am waiting for a replacement. In the meantime I thought I would reinstall my old drive. This had been working fine for ages and was installing windows on it wh the install froze. Retried and the same thing.

installing hard drive (in case) kills it!
What you will need to do is load the IDEATA driver re-entrantly: Load IDEATA.HAM INT=F Port=170 Once you do this, via Load install, you should detect the second drive. Barry Schnur Novell Support Connection Volunteer Sysop http://support.novell.com/forums/ Please post replies ONLY via the Newsgroup.

install hard drive
I am wondering if I should do a clean install of vista (wipe drive clean) cause i did not know it would leave the old OS on the drive. A: Which one requires running lusermgr.msc to create them? Frank, hard at work on his Vista computer all day: http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/compost.htm.

Vista install on old crashed hard drive
In brief, the procedure is: 1) Buy a hard drive. 2) Download a set of utilities that come as a bootable CD-ROM or floppy set. 3) Install hard drive in x86 computer. 4) Boot x86 computer with downloaded CD-ROM or floppy. 5) Run a command or two to prepare the hard disk. (This is called "blessing" the drive;

EZ install hard drive
Tim Slattery Slatter...@bls.gov microsoft public windowsxp general "SANTANDER" <santan...@microsoft.news> wrote: I want install second hard drive, but not sure what type of hardrive will better suit: Motherboard is ASRock P4i45GV In specification noted: IDE: IDE1: ATA100 /Ultra DMA Mode 5 IDE2: ATA100 /Ultra DMA

iBook G4 running really slowly
The Z Man z...@hotmail.com alt comp periphs mainboard fic yakoff <yak...@smirnov.mil.nl> wrote in message news:z5hJ3.2976$jU2.22089@news.rdc1.md.home.com... W98SE can accomodate a partition up to 16GB as long as you enable FAT32. I run an IBM 22GXP 22GB hard drive as one partition, using Win98SE.

Backup before upgrade to XP?
I just got my *fifth* Western Digital wd1200jb hard drive via RMA. Because I've been through so many hard drives, I decided it wasn't worth the trouble to install the hard drive completely in the computer case. Instead, I just set it on the shelf my computer sits on, connected cables, and left the door to my case

USB hard drive docking station
Gary Mount gary_mo...@telus.net microsoft public windows vista installation_setup Install your original OS then use your anytime upgrade license to do the So I cant upgrade to Ultimate and as of the moment I have the brand new hard drive turned off in the bios and the old hard drive connected as a slave drive

Maximum hard drive upgrade
When it boots up, you should get a flash screen asking whether you want to "Install Hard Drive" or "Diagnostics". Click on "Install Hard Drive" and follow the bouncing ball. It will ask you if you want to format to FAT or FAT32 for installing an OS like Win9x, and will tell you that formatting is not necessary if