[TechAssist] Re: Computer help.
- From: "David Lessard" <mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:53:06 -0500
Good points Gary, also you can't just slap in another hard drive from
another system because the drivers, configuration, etc. are all for the
system the hard drive came out of. Check the points Gary mentions especially
setting up the boot drive as the master drive. You still may have to use
EZ-Drive to allow the motherboard to even see the hard drive, then you
should beable to format it. I'd do this stuff in DOS first then for sure
Windows should see the hard drive when all is done. Good luck.
David Lessard
mr_fixit@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Alexandria, Ontario, Canada
----- Original Message -----
From: Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:45 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Computer help.
> you set the 6.4 gig for slave but did you set the 1.2 gig for master? Is
> the IDE cable plugged properly into the hard drive (red stripe on cable
> goes toward the power connector). Also, has the 6 gig been formatted,
> and if it is formatted, is it formatted in Fat 16 or Fat 32? Windows 95
> was only capable of Fat 16 formatted drives, although Windows 95B could
> handle Fat 32. Another thing that I am not sure I remember correctly is
> that I think Windows 95 could only have hard drive partiotions at 2.1 gb
> max. If this is correct, then you need to divide the 6 gig into 3
> partitions. Use FDISK on your bootup floppy to partition the drives,
> then format them.
>
> Gary McCartney
> McCartney Electronics,
> Guelph ON Canada
>
>
> armando guerra wrote:
>
> >My neighbor has an older computer with win 95,1.2gig hd and its just
> >about full.She likes this computer alot because its easy to run,compared
> >to win xp and others.I am not a computer savey guy so I would apreciate
> >some help.Her hd is just about full.She uses the computer for small
> >stuff i,e, email and navigating the internet.Here is where I need some
> >help.Her daughter gave her a 6 gig hd (somebody told her that was the
> >max she could use)because of the age of the comp.Its a new western
> >digital brand of hd.There is no paper work with the hd at all.I
> >installed it last night as a slave (I did move the jumpers to slave
> >position) and when I put it all together,it boots up but It never brings
> >up the win 95.
> >It just sits there and say"s "wait" for the longest time and stay's
> >there.I can restart it again and it does the same thing,just say's
> >wait.I thing that the bios is not seeing the new hd but don't know.Like
> >I say,don't know much about computers.I am i missing some software that
> >comes along with the new hd or what?If I disconnect the new hd and just
> >use the old one,everything goes back to normal.loads win 95 and all is
> >ok.Can I go to the western digital website and dnload something that
> >will help in installing this new hd?I would apreciate all the help that
> >I can get from you computer smart guy's and gal's.Thanks.
> >Mando
> >AZ
> >PS Is there a website that I can go to where I can learn more about
> >upgrading a computer?
> >
>
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