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HELP! please anyone help me there's something wrong with my HD
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crashwg:
Uh, I have no idea what the heck I was doing wrong, but it now works.  I managed to get the computer to start up in safe mode and I downloaded all the available xp updates, then I attached the new HD again and it works... YAY!  I'm so happy.  Now I have more than 2 gigs of free space!!!
nipsmg:
crash:

Glad you got it working.  One little tidbit I'm going to drop here for the kiddies:

MAKE SURE YOUR ONBOARD IDE CONTROLLER IS ATA/100/133 COMPATIBLE BEFORE BUYING A NEW HARD DRIVE!!!!

I've had a pc that had been randomly upgraded (motherboard, processor, ram, etc) over the period of a few years, and I went out a dropped a decent chunk of cash on a 120GB hd a while ago..  and came home... and couldn't get it to work..  I tried everything. Switching modes, trying to rip out the old HD and boot from floppy and try to manually partition and format the new drive.  I tried everything.. and no luck...

Because my friggin onboard IDE controller didn't work w/ it.  I had to go out and buy a separate ATA133 interface card  :(

So I (luckily) am given a new motherboard/processor from a friend who was upgrading, with an Athlon XP 1800+ in it (yay) and 384MB RAM.. guess what.. THAT THING DIDN'T HAVE AN ATA100/133 controller on it either!!  >:(

Damn cheap motherboards.  :(

--NipsMG  ;D
Witchboard:
Glad to hear it.  ;)
crashwg:
With the controler cards, can you have more than the standard 4 devices hooked up to a computer?  Like, have 2 HD on one ribbon, 2 cd/dvd drives on the other and another HD or more on the controler card?
Witchboard:
AFAIK IDE is limited to 4 devices per controller.  So, If you want 6 devices, you'll have to have 2 controller cards.  That's why SCSI is cool.  8)
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