Installing new SATA hardrive help

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I chaps im a bit new to this so i could do with some help if poss please

ok i have bought a new 320GB ATA/IDE hard drive, and i just want to change it over from my old one which is Also A SATA but 60GB

I need to know what setting to sett up the jumpers...? is it

device0 [master]

also were in the BIOS, do i need to look to see if the BIOS Confirms the drive is recognized in the System
BIOS,


And do i need to do any thing else or change any thing before i attempt format the drive

cheer guys I would be very greatful for any help
 
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Hello chrisystix and thx for your welcome

It says ata/ide MODEL HDT725032VAT80 RATED 5V 530MA 12V 640 MA on the drive and my os is xp m8 and it says ata100 MODEL
:J360 on the drive i have already got

thx
 
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hi rob

my motherboard is a

N2PAP-ultra
Features
nVIDIA nForce2 IGP North Bridge,MCP South Bridge
Support Socket-A for AMD Athlon /Duron at 266/333MHz
- 8x AGP VGA Mode
- Onboard VGA
- Support Dual Channel DDR333 RAM
- Support ATA133
- Support USB2.0
- 6 Channel Speaker.
- Onboard LAN (N2GAP only)


I have 1 DVD ROM and one cdrw

not sure what you meen about only one IDE but im sure my cd drives are set up as master and slave

thx for help
 
HI guys thx for your help its much appreciated

yes my motherboard as a wide ribbon with two wide connection attached to it and yes it as got two IDE sockets 1 goes to the dvds and the other goes to the hard drive

I thought it may be more difficult to leave my old hard drive in and try to set up the other as slave so thats why i said i would just change them over but if you think it would be better to set the new hard drive as slave then i would like to be able to do that thanks but yes i would need your help for sure

I have done a basic format meny times but just one drive and so im not sure about the procedure

also can you please tell me were in the BIOS, do i need to look to see if the BIOS Confirms the drive is recognized in the System
BIOS, and how would i select 'Auto' again on the menu for it to detect the change though


thx again

kev
 
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cheers duke & chrispystix

just a couple of questions ?

if i set the new hard drive as slave does it restrict me from what i put on the drive or use the drive for ie can I install both data or games and run them as normal?

also you say i can put partitions on the drive ...do i need to put partitions on the drive and if i do why and what size

these may sound like daft questions and im sorry if they are




thx
 
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"BIGGER HDD so i can fit more games on"


A big thx to chrispystrix and all you other chaps for all your help so far

I will give this a go and i am sure i can now work this out ,thx to you guys.

I will tell you how i get on later and hopfully it will be sorted ,,if not

ILL BE BACK LOL.........If i havent blown me pc up by then that is.... he he he

cheers kev
 
cheers duke

before i do this i would be greatful if you give me your opinions guys on your preferred method and why

1..just keep the new hard drive and format OS on that,

2.. or use both drives as disgussed and use the new drive as a slave remebering that the reason for a bigger hard drive is mainly to install games on

i would be interested to find out what you would do

cheers kev
 
I took out my old hard drive and fitted the new just as was said

i installed the hard drive as said but when i reboot with xp cd the message i get is

"error loading operating system" and thats it i go no further


i have checked all connections also and the bios as reconised the drive is there so i am stumped ...and now im disheartened to say the least

any one help please
 
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hi guys

the disc is original windows xp edition -sp1

and i have a fujitsu siemens product recovery cd rom windows xp home edition-sp2 that came with another pc that i tried also but i get the same message but i have formated my old drive a few times with this disc

the CD/DVD is already set to boot first


quote "Even without a hard drive XP will launch, load the drivers and then search for a Hard Drive. quote"

how do i do this

i have motherboard disc but normaly i have to choose to open the disc and exstract the drivers from the disc after windows is loaded


cheers
 
hi duke

no blue screen just the black start up screen ,,,then at the bottom is just finishes with


"error loading operating system"

and it will not go any further or do any thing else i have not tried to load any driver or any other disc

cheers
 
so to summerise

1.my cd is set to boot first
2.I have set the new drive to master as per instrutions
3.removed the old drive and fitted the new in its place with same connections
4.checked the bios regonises the drive
5.tried to boot with xp os
6.i get an error message on black boot up screen = "error loading operating system"


not sure about the set to auto thing in bios that was mentioned though

cheers
 
I found this


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326676

SYMPTOMS
When you restart your computer after the file-copy portion of Windows XP Setup, you may receive the following error message:
Error loading operating system
Back to the top

CAUSE
This issue may occur if your computer BIOS does not correctly manage or support the capacity of the hard disk on which you are installing Windows XP.

RESOLUTION
Warning This article contains steps that may involve changing your BIOS or complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) settings or that may require you to make physical changes to your computer hardware. Incorrect changes to the BIOS of your computer may create serious problems. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that result from changes to your BIOS can be resolved. Change your BIOS settings at your own risk. If you need help with any of these steps, contact your hardware manufacturer and note that making either hardware or BIOS changes to your computer may invalidate your warranty. If you do not want to make hardware changes to your computer, you can take your computer to a repair center.

To resolve this issue, use one of the following methods: • Make sure that you are using the latest BIOS revision for your computer. Contact the computer manufacturer to inquire about how to obtain and install the latest BIOS update that is available for the computer.
• If you are using an IBM computer with an AWARD BIOS version 4.5x, visit the following IBM Web site:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/hdd/hddredirect.html (http://www.pc.ibm.com/ww/hdd/hddredirect.html)
 
I have tried in both cd and dvd drives

'press any key to boot from cd' did appear but then in seconds disapered and was replaced by the error message,,,, i managed to hit any key before it disapeared and it went through the loading proceedure with blue screen till it started the loading page were it as to go to 100% in yellow

this took about 45 mins which is too long i think ,, then i got a message saying that it could not load windows and it may be a damaged os disc,,,, or i may need to set the bois funchion to scsi

after this i do not even get the option to 'press any key to boot from cd' it just gives me the error message .........error loading operating system" on the black screen

cheers
 
yes its with the new hard drive in and the xp discs work in both drives when i browse them

yes the very first time i tried to format "yesterday" ,,it did all that and it did just as you discribed ,,, and it told me all the info you mention above 360000mb there abouts.


it started loading but took about 40 mins to get off 0 % then took 5 min to load from 0% to 100% after the loading in 100% on the yellow bar

it stopped and gave me the massage

error cannot install xp on the drive your xp disc may be damaged or you may have to set your scsi setting up and then the pc restarted

I since then i have tried ti do it about 10 times but i do not even get the

'press any key to boot from cd' any more iit just gives me the the error message

"error loading operating system"

I have tried to load xp on both cd and dvd drive with both xp os discs that i have [I know for sure both discs work ok ]and all i now get is the black start up screen with that error message at the bottom


cheers
 
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hi guys ....chrispystix i had a look at the set to boot thx

ok i started from fresh and went throught the proceedure again and that showed my floppy had reset its self to first boot "dont know how" so i set it cd first boot and dvd second then hdd third boot

also on the new hard drive it gave two setttings for master .... 32bg setting and 16 cylinder setting so i changed it to 32 gb setting dont know if that was the right thing to do but any way at the moment it is loading windows ..with a bit of luck it may work

cheers
 
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well here we go

I booted up with os in cd drive and it went through the procedure
and ended up showing this
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------




please wait while setup formats the partition

c partition1 [unknown] 32254 mb <32253mb free> on 305243 mb disk o at id o on bus o on atapi [MBR].

LOADING -----------------------------------------------------100%

After it as loaded 100% i get the same message as before unable to format this drive your disk may be UNreadable or damaged or you may need to set up your scsi setting bla bla bla

to format another partition hit enter

HELP
 
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no cd or book of instructions came with it

I reverted back to the 16 cylinder master settings and tried again

this time the loading got to 5% and crashed with this message

YOUR COMPUTOR AS BEEN SHUT DOWN TO PREVENT ANY DAMAGE MAKE SURE ANY NEW HARD WARE AS BEEN INSTALLED CORRECTLY IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN BLA BLA BLA

ERROR PARTMGR.SYS DRIVER- UNLOADED-WITHOUT-CANCELLING-PENDING

STOP 0X0000000E(0XF7711667,0X00000000,0XF7711667,0X00000000


this my drive http://www.ewaggle.com/HITACHI_Deskstar_T7K500_HDT725032VLAT80_0A33405_p/ht320.htm

now i am fed up lol
 
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well i set pins to slave on the new drive and put the drive back in looked in my computor and there it was drive f

it then said i had to format it before i could use it so i did and its now showing 31.4 GB in it

dont know what ive done as it got something to do with the set GB limit ON MY MOTHER BOARD do you think


Well thx for all your help guys it does not seem quite so daunting to have a go AT THINGS when you know some one else is there to ask if you mess up, and is trying to help you out

A BIG THANKS TO YOU GUYS
 
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