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  1. November 16th, 2002, 01:12 PM #1
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    a new & bigger hard drive..help!!

    anyone have any ideas on where to get some detailed (dumbed down) instructions on doing a hard drive replacement?
    system is: Compaq,W98SE,476mhz,AMD K6-2,344mb,8G HD..
    moving on up to Western digital 40G/7200rpm..any help would be great!! thanks!
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  2. November 16th, 2002, 01:33 PM #2
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    I do believe you will find that you have a BIOS limitation of 32GB for the hdd. Also, the power supply maybe awful small.

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    thanks train, to find the BIOS limitation & power supply limitations i need to do.....? i do have Belarc Advisor print out in front me now...12k+ posts!! my god !.. thanks for the reply..time to open the wallet and get a new machine maybe...know anyone who wants to buy a new hdd in the box??!!
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  4. November 16th, 2002, 02:31 PM #4
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    I'd give it a shot and partition the drive into a 6 gig primary to load windows on . divvy up the rest as you wish but keep the clustersize about 16k (about 15-25 gigs)

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  6. November 16th, 2002, 03:20 PM #5
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    After you get it fdisked and Finally get to windows, you will see part of the hdd is missing.
    Look on the ps, should be a label with the size on it, like 85Watts or 120watts as examples.
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