On 27 Nov 2013, at 11:36, Chris Dennis <cgden...@btinternet.com> 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. > some systems have a sata legacy mode which can cause issues. also if the new drive is SATAII or SATAIII you may experience problems on 1st generation SATA I controllers. however I’ve never had any issues, with SATA versions but i recently had an issue with the legacy mode on an old dell (2004). (if its that old your probably better putting an IDE(PATA) in instead) > 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). > > I can't find any relevant settings in the BIOS to tweak, nor jumpers on the > drives. > > Any ideas? > > cheers > > Chris > -- > Chris Dennis cgden...@btinternet.com > Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
