Old Compaq 4540 > need help redoing

Hello -

I have an old Compaq Presario 4540 I'm trying to set for the kids to
surf on. It will not recongize the hard drive because, I think, it is
too large. the West Digital Lifeguard tools finds it but with a Win98
startup diskette its not recongized so I can't fdisk or format it. Any
thoughts?

Hello,

What size is the hard drive?


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Hello -

I have an old Compaq Presario 4540 I'm trying to set for the kids to
surf on. It will not recongize the hard drive because, I think, it is
too large. the West Digital Lifeguard tools finds it but with a Win98
startup diskette its not recongized so I can't fdisk or format it. Any
thoughts?

hi,
if the drive is too large for your system to recognize you will need
a bios update if available or an ata controller card to recognize the
drive . you could also install the ddo software western digital has
available . you can partition and format the drive using the wd data
lifeguard and the drive overlay software will allow your system to
recognize the drive . you will need to use the special jumper
settings for the overlay to work .
hope this helps ,
terry

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No BIOS updates are available to overcome the 8GB drive size limit. The 4540
originally shipped with a 3.2GB Bigfoot drive. Get a PCI IDE controller or
try here for a smaller than 8 GBdrive:

http://www.computersurplusoutlet.com/

HH


"terry_b17" wrote in message
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hi,
if the drive is too large for your system to recognize you will need
a bios update if available or an ata controller card to recognize the
drive . you could also install the ddo software western digital has
available . you can partition and format the drive using the wd data
lifeguard and the drive overlay software will allow your system to
recognize the drive . you will need to use the special jumper
settings for the overlay to work .
hope this helps ,
terry

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Yep.Go with the PCI IDE controller.
HH

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Thanks for the suggestions. It is 40 gig drive - sounds like it is too
big.



On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 06:18:04 -0400, "HH" wrote:

No BIOS updates are available to overcome the 8GB drive size limit. The
4540
originally shipped with a 3.2GB Bigfoot drive. Get a PCI IDE controller
or
try here for a smaller than 8 GBdrive:

http://www.computersurplusoutlet.com/

HH


"terry_b17" wrote in message
...
hi,
if the drive is too large for your system to recognize you will need
a bios update if available or an ata controller card to recognize the
drive . you could also install the ddo software western digital has
available . you can partition and format the drive using the wd data
lifeguard and the drive overlay software will allow your system to
recognize the drive . you will need to use the special jumper
settings for the overlay to work .
hope this helps ,
terry

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troubleshooting newsgroups.