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Installing a New Hard Drive

Discussion in 'Overclocking, Cooling and Modding' started by hatcht, Nov 21, 2006.

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  1. hatcht Newcomer, in training

    I am installing a Western Digital Caviar WD2500 EIDE Hard Drive 250 GB, in a Dell Optiplex GX150, w/ an Intel Pentuim III 1ghz Biso version A09 Cash 256. My problem is that it is not recongnizing the capacity of the drive all it show is 71MG. How do I get it to recongnize the whole 250 GB drive? So that I can install the OS. Thanks in advance for any help
    hatcht, Nov 21, 2006
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  2. vegasgmc TechSpot Chancellor


    What OS are you using? only windows xp with service paxk 1 will recognize a drive that big. you may also have to upgrade your bios to a newer version.
    vegasgmc, Nov 22, 2006
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  3. hatcht Newcomer, in training

    Thanks for the reply, I am installing a new hard drive, no OS yet. The BIOS is Phoenix 1.10 A09, it probably needs an update, but I go into setup, F2, but can not see the info I need about the BIOS to add to the website to get the update. thanks again, and have a great thanksgiving!
    hatcht, Nov 22, 2006
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