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New HDD 7200.11
JamesChams:
--- Quote from: wideloadwhitford on April 18, 2009, 01:13:29 am ---Alright now im confused, I pop in the HD its recognized in the BIOS, but it doesn't show up in my computer. I tried RUN---FSDISK but an error comes up. I right click on my Local Disk(Old one) and I see my 320 gig there but can format it.
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Some system BIOS' are NOT able to read above 250GB HDD's without a BIOS FIRMWARE Update. Suggest that ...
1. you go to your system vendor website and make sure you have the latest BIOS version installed.
2. Look at the SeaGate Manual/Website to see if they have an LBA or HighCapacity Drive Utility for systems that DON'T support >250GB HDD's.
Good Luck!
wideloadwhitford:
The 1st thing I did when I built my System was update the BIOS, It can support up to a 1TB haha!!
I went through the Disk Management and Did what you said 512kb and all that, now its says "Healthy" Flight Sim E: NTFS.
Thanks for the help!!
JamesChams:
Good! Just reboot your system at least one time before your start using the drive; this will ensure that all the OS' validation needs are meet for the newly installed hardware.
PS: Your welcome.
wideloadwhitford:
Geeze im really getting stuck, Im thinking of just reformatting my new drive with XP on it and use my OLD 250 gig as a backup. But can I do this??? Can I still go into my old drive under the New Fresh installation of XP and see my files, even if XP is installed on there too, but im not booting to it...
JamesChams:
--- Quote from: wideloadwhitford on April 18, 2009, 02:43:41 am ---Geeze im really getting stuck, Im thinking of just reformatting my new drive with XP on it and use my OLD 250 gig as a backup. But can I do this??? Can I still go into my old drive under the New Fresh installation of XP and see my files, even if XP is installed on there too, but im not booting to it...
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If you are now trying to use the old 250GB Drive's Win XP installation. But, you now want that onto the new SeaGate drive, you will need a cloning software which will do a drive-to-drive copy/clone; then you need Symantec Norton's Ghost.
Good Luck!
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