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Replacing HardDrive on DeskPro 2000 6266MMX
I need a little advice.
I put in a 6.4 gig hd in the pc, but the boot sequence wont run the boot disk I have in it. I press F1 to get into setup, but the pc does not go into it. A cursor just flashes on the left side of the screen. I am using a window 98SE boot disk set up for large hard drives. When reattaching the older hard drive, it will boot to the boot disk, I figure that is due to the bios info on the hard drive partitiion. The original hard drive works fine with no visible problems, so I figure there must be a process in changing the hd out. So my question is, how do I change out the hard drive? The original is 3.2 gigs and I want to put in a little larger hard drive. The pc is a Compaq DP2000 6266MMX running windows NT. I am replacing the original 3.2 gig hd with a 6.4 gig and putting windows 98SE os in it. Thanks, Daljaxon |
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Check the FAQ on entering the BIOS.
HH "daljaxon" wrote in message news:d623f$42562417$455da0d2$31648@allthenewsgroup s.com... I need a little advice. I put in a 6.4 gig hd in the pc, but the boot sequence wont run the boot disk I have in it. I press F1 to get into setup, but the pc does not go into it. A cursor just flashes on the left side of the screen. I am using a window 98SE boot disk set up for large hard drives. When reattaching the older hard drive, it will boot to the boot disk, I figure that is due to the bios info on the hard drive partitiion. The original hard drive works fine with no visible problems, so I figure there must be a process in changing the hd out. So my question is, how do I change out the hard drive? The original is 3.2 gigs and I want to put in a little larger hard drive. The pc is a Compaq DP2000 6266MMX running windows NT. I am replacing the original 3.2 gig hd with a 6.4 gig and putting windows 98SE os in it. Thanks, Daljaxon |
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"daljaxon" wrote in message news:d623f$42562417$455da0d2$31648@allthenewsgroup s.com... I need a little advice. I put in a 6.4 gig hd in the pc, but the boot sequence wont run the boot disk I have in it. I press F1 to get into setup, but the pc does not go into it. A cursor just flashes on the left side of the screen. I am using a window 98SE boot disk set up for large hard drives. When reattaching the older hard drive, it will boot to the boot disk, I figure that is due to the bios info on the hard drive partitiion. The original hard drive works fine with no visible problems, so I figure there must be a process in changing the hd out. So my question is, how do I change out the hard drive? The original is 3.2 gigs and I want to put in a little larger hard drive. The pc is a Compaq DP2000 6266MMX running windows NT. I am replacing the original 3.2 gig hd with a 6.4 gig and putting windows 98SE os in it. Thanks, Daljaxon You first need to download the ultility to create a diagnostic/setup partition. Those machines keep the system setup on a special partition that won't exist on your new disk. If the machine won't boot to the floppy that the util creates, reset the jumper on the motherboard to make the a: drive the 1st boot drive. It will be F10 to enter the setup after that. |
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