Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 06:01:26 -0800 (PST) From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Please Help Me With New Hard Drive Install
an ever better test to to write data to the sectors and have the libby hibernate. surprize surprize, its not being over written!! my my where ever could the bios be writing hmmm? --- Tony Oresteen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:02:21 -0500 > From: "Tony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Please Help Me With New Hard > Drive Install > > Well John, I guess you have a different BIOS than I > do. Just do a simple > test. If you have a disk drive larger that 8 gigs > scan you sectors to find > where the L100C is putting the hibernation file. > The OS doesn't have > anything to do with where the L100C BIOS is putting > the copy of memory. It > doesn't mater if youhave Win98, Win95, Win2K, XP, > Linux installesd the Libby > BIOS puts its hibernation file in the same palce on > the hard drive and it > DOES NOT recognize any drive larger than 8 gb. > > Now where did I say the "BIOS somehow magically > works when there isn't any > battery power to even spin the hd!!" ? > > You are the one who is saying silly things. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Tony Oresteen > Montverde, FL > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Musielewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Libretto" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:14 PM > Subject: Re: [LIB] Please Help Me With New Hard > Drive Install > > > > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:12:49 -0800 (PST) > > From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [LIB] Please Help Me With New Hard > Drive Install > > > > Dear Tony > > > > Yes it does work that way IF you use EZ whatever > you > > use. Now why would you want to set up your > computer > > like that when you don't have to? It just makes it > way > > harder to setup for you poor silly things that > believe > > the bios somehow magically works when there isn't > any > > battery power to even spin the hd!! Like I > mentioned > > in the last email, if the bios can write to the hd > the > > operating system is in control anyway and it > writes to > > the END of the drive not the middle. > > > > fi > > > > john > > > > --- Tony Oresteen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:37:41 -0500 > >> From: "Tony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: Re: [LIB] Please Help Me With New Hard > >> Drive Install > >> > >> John Musielewicz, > >> > >> The hibernation space is correct as J. Liu has > it. > >> The BIOS puts it at the > >> end of the hard drive up to 8 gb. Drives that > are > >> larger that 8 GB the > >> Libby BIOS still puts it at the 8 gb boundary. > >> > >> What I do is first partition the drive in the > >> L100CT. It will see the > >> drives as an 8 gig drive (even though it's a 30). > I > >> then put the drive into > >> a desktop computer and make the 100mb hibernation > >> partition and the balance > >> my data partition. Then with EZ BIOS loaded the > OS > >> can see the entire > >> drive. > >> > >> EZ BIOS will NOT fix the BIOS issue of putting > the > >> hibernation file at the 8 > >> gig boundary. > >> > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> Tony Oresteen > >> Montverde, FL > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "John Musielewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "Libretto" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 9:24 AM > >> Subject: Re: [LIB] Please Help Me With New Hard > >> Drive Install > >> > >> > >> > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:22:56 -0800 (PST) > >> > From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Please Help Me With New Hard > >> Drive Install > >> > > >> > first off you have your hibernation free space > in > >> the > >> > wrong place it should be at the end of the > drive > >> and > >> > you need approximately 100MB of space. Next you > >> need > >> > to fix the mbr of the drive so windows will > boot. > >> > > >> > john > >> > > >> > --- John Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:26:11 -0800 > >> >> From: John Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >> Subject: Please Help Me With New Hard Drive > >> Install > >> >> > >> >> The hard drive in my L110 is, I think, dying - > >> makes > >> >> loud clicking > >> >> noise frequently. So I stopped using the Lib, > >> then > >> >> bought a new 30GB > >> >> Samsung drive. > >> >> > >> >> I used Disk Management in Win XP to create two > >> >> partitions in the new > >> >> drive - the first (call it c:) from 0GB to > 7.5GB, > >> >> primary and active, > >> >> the second (call it d:) from 9GB to 30GB, > primary > >> >> and not active. I > >> >> left an unpartitioned area from 7.5GB to 9GB > for > >> the > >> >> hibernation file > >> >> (more than needed, I think). > >> >> > >> >> I then used Norton Ghost to back up the > primary > >> and > >> >> active partition of > >> >> the old drive (c:, where the OS lives and > where > >> it > >> >> boots from) to the > >> >> drive of my desktop. Then I used Norton Ghost > to > >> >> restore that backup > >> >> to the primary and active partition (c:) of > the > >> new > >> >> drive. > >> >> > >> >> I installed the new drive in my Lib and booted > >> up. > >> >> Result? "Disk > >> >> error press any key to restart". > >> >> > >> >> What step have I overlooked? I hope to avoid > >> having > >> >> to install Win XP > >> >> and all my apps from scratch, because that is > >> such a > >> >> tedious process. > >> >> I had the Lib set up exactly as I wanted it. > >> >> > >> >> By the way, I used the backup-then-restore > >> process > >> >> rather than cloning, > >> >> because I couldn't get my desktop to see both > the > >> >> old and new drives at > >> >> once, even when I had them both plugged in - > they > >> >> were on the same IDE > >> >> cable using 40-to-44 pin adapters. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > __________________________________ > >> > Do you Yahoo!? > >> > Make Yahoo! your home page > >> > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources > site! > > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > > > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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