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F10 Diagnostics
Running PC setup is not particularly slow when run from a floppy disk, but I
agree diags are. I agree. Doubt one would observe a difference between HDD or FDD for Setup. I am curious why the original poster wants to run Setup to change anything in the BIOS. HDDs are auto-detected, and manual changes are not normally needed. If the HDD is too large the overlay or an added controller card will be needed... I get the feeling the real solution is not Setup but a HDD larger than the BIOS will recognize... But running Setup from diskette was a good recommendation, and not worthy of the dis. Dale |
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I was the original poster and the reason was that I am a novice and didn't
know any better. I that that the setup might let me change the size,# of heads etc like non compaq systems do. But thanks to all the help I received in this NG I learned that you have to flash the ROM to accept larger than 8 gig drives. Rob (artist formerly known as mick) "DEJ57" wrote in message ... Running PC setup is not particularly slow when run from a floppy disk, but I agree diags are. I agree. Doubt one would observe a difference between HDD or FDD for Setup. I am curious why the original poster wants to run Setup to change anything in the BIOS. HDDs are auto-detected, and manual changes are not normally needed. If the HDD is too large the overlay or an added controller card will be needed... I get the feeling the real solution is not Setup but a HDD larger than the BIOS will recognize... But running Setup from diskette was a good recommendation, and not worthy of the dis. Dale |
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"NuT CrAcKeR" wrote in message ...
sure... at about 12KBps... running those tools from floppy is a nightmare. Great advice, there champ. Original Poster, Make sure that your dive does not have ANY partitions on it. Then, you can use the diskettes to create the partition, and copy the tools from the floppies to it. They run 1000 times faster from the drive, and for the mere 8M (or whatever) you give up at the beginning of your drive, its well worth it. The diags are a very geeky thing to have. In my many years of supporting compaq and other systems, I can probably count on 1 hand how many times i have needed them. If you dont have the floppy with those things on it, its not the end of the world. NuTs (LC) "HH" wrote in message ... You do not need to install the setup/diags. They can be run from the floppies. HH "Mick" wrote in message news I have an old compaq deskpro 4000 that I set up for the kids to use. I am trying to install a new Hard drive but I need the F10 setup boot. This particular desktop does not have the F10 installed or it is not active one of the two. How can I reinstall this option at boot up. I have created the two F10 set up disk but when I choose to install it says I need the Diagnostics disk to creat a service partition (I think) but I cannot find that diagnostics disk anywhere. Sorry for the long winded post but at my wits end with this old boat anchor ;-). BTW I am a novice so please be gentle. Thanks for any help offered. Hello Group- I've been reading through this thread (and others) while trying to restore my non-DOS partition which I stupidly deleted. Got the diskette download info from another post. Thanks for the key - I was trying to install the Diag and F10 setup AFTER partitioning my drives. Once I read this post, it was like "AHA!". All is well so far. I have my F10 back, and I'm currently doing the partition and format work on my C and D drives, then on to re-install of the OS. This is an older, test system in a lab situation. No critical data loss. Whew! thanks to all! Bob |
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