On 2013-11-27 11:36, Chris Dennis wrote:
Hello folks
I'm trying to give a new lease of life to an HP Compaq computer,
previously running Windows XP, with bad blocks on its 80GB SATA disk.
The plan is to install Linux Mint on a new hard disk.
But every disk I've tried (two new ones, and a couple of old ones, all
bigger than 80GB) fails to be recognised by the BIOS. I can hear
faint buzzes and clicks from the drives -- even the new ones.
If I put the old disk back, the BIOS is happy, and the system starts
(but that's no good, because the disk is failing).
It's a limitation of old BIOSes - look for a BIOS update that might
address the issue. If you can't find one then you might be out of
luck...
Tony
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