Actually, I've tried using old klunkers to do backups, and discovered
that they can't take large hard disks. One of mine won't go beyond
about 128 gig, tha other gets stuck somewhere between 2.5G and 80 G.
I have an old clunker that wouldn't take a big HDD so, being utterly
penniless I with great trepitation flashed the bios. It's not all that
hard and the box took an 80G hard drive no problem after that. Again,
with apologies to this list, I loaded the box with win98 first so that I
could use the bios diagnostic tool on the AwardBios (now Phoenix) website.
I sent them 30 USD, they sent me instructions and some files to put on a
floppy disk, I booted from the floppy and all was fine and
straightforward. (Talk about a controlled environment-they knew my
hardware and bios inside out and the OS was on the floppy- it jolly well
ought to be straightforward.)
So if you're having HDD size problems, you know my advice!
Regards, Max
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