Well, that was my thinking. I thought the external HD kit was _just_ a communicator kind of - and that if the root box grokked the drive, all would be well. But my friend said the machinery in the kit is a HD controller itself - and if it was old (it was), it may not grok the very large drive.
On 5/13/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > how large and what OSes? In general this is not a problem you have in > new computers anymore so I am a bit confused. Are all drives some > flavor of XP? > > Dana > > On 5/13/05, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It was the drive kit itself. I gave up on moving the drive into the > > new box as I would have needed a new ribbon - the IDE ribbon in there > > is too short (or rather, the HDD area is too far from the DVD area). > > I'm going to get a new drive kit - one that will support the large > > drive. > > > > On 5/13/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 3:13 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: yet another computer question - hard drive showing up not > > > > formatted > > > > > > > > It's safe. > > > > > > Great! > > > > > > > So - a friend asked me how old the kit was. I said 3-4 years. he > > > > pointed out the HD controller on the kit was probably so old - it > > > > didn't recognize my large hard drive. > > > > > > In most cases this can be remedied with a bios upgrade - what's the > > > motherboard of the system you're trying to move to? > > > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157580 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
