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DeskPro 4000 HD Upgrade
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the HP/Compaq site to accept large HD "Adam" wrote in message ... Hi All, I asked here a little while ago about upgrading my old Deskpro 4000S 5166X. Well, I've gone ahead and bough a new harddisc and cd drive... But, I've got a couple of problems with the hd :-( It's a Western Digital 80GB drive. I've got it set up in place of the CD drive so I can transfer my files. When I start up, I get an error: "1791-Disk Controller Error" but this doesn't seem to matter much as I can just carry on anyway! However, using fdisk, it only seems to see 8GB. When I go into the BIOS, that only sees 8GB too - in the storage section: Size: 8455 Heads: 0 Cylinders: 1023 Sectors/Track: 63 Disable Translation: Off Should the cylinders be at 0? What should I do about "disable translation"? I'm planning to use Linux on a partition once I get it all running - does that matter? Crucial question: can I get more than 8GB? Quite a long post, sorry - hope someone can help! Thanks, Adam P.S. It's set to slave - I did notice the thing in the FAQ about using cable select, but that just results in an error: "1782-Disk controller failure" which I can't get past. -- Adam Richardson Email me at: stonemonkey@ntlworld~nonono~dot com Carpe Diem |
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