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strange hard drive?
As I have mention in my previous post that my Gigabyte motherboard is
networking due to bios update failure. I decided to install Fujitsu 1.7GB hard disk into Acer Aspire 1024 model. Model specifications are http://www.acersupport.com/desktop/a...6la_specs.html In short, it's AMD K5 166mhz and came with 2.1GB hard disk drive, on board sound card, video card etc... I'm using Pentium 166mhz cpu for testing.. I got this computer without hard drive and floppy disk (for $10. It's seems to boot with my 10GB hard disk but see it as 8GB. How ever my 1.7gb doesn't work on it. Compter bios see the hard drive and information after booting also see it but won't boot. Right now, I am running Live Knoppix on it and it's working fine. I was wondering could it be that older hard drive won't work on it (less then 2GB)? Another problem is that it doesn't boot through cd if I install 2nd cdrom. However, when I tested my 10GB hard disk of another computer, everything was working even floopy disk from my older computer... My question is, Should I buy 2 gig of hard disk or little bigger (around 5 or 8 GB)? I am using this comptuer for networking. |
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I got this computer without hard drive and floppy disk (for $10.
You got ripped off It's seems to boot with my 10GB hard disk but see it as 8GB. BIOS is probably too old to see anything larger. You might be able to put a drive overlay program on it to get the full capcity. How ever my 1.7gb doesn't work on it. Compter bios see the hard drive and information after booting also see it but won't boot. Right now, I am running Live Knoppix on it and it's working fine. Make up your mind... The 1.7gig doesn't work, but it's running Knoppix and working fine? I was wondering could it be that older hard drive won't work on it (less then 2GB)? Another problem is that it doesn't boot through cd if I install 2nd cdrom. However, when I tested my 10GB hard disk of another computer, everything was working even floopy disk from my older computer... My question is, Should I buy 2 gig of hard disk or little bigger (around 5 or 8 GB)? Don't spend any money on this computer. You can find a whole complete machine for what you'd pay for a hard drive. |
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"Noozer" wrote in message
news:SuBxd.549316$nl.332723@pd7tw3no... Make up your mind... The 1.7gig doesn't work, but it's running Knoppix and working fine? Hello Knoppix is a linux distro comes in a CD-ROM Flavor, so what I was saying is that, my hard drive doesn't boot, but it is working fine with live OS. You can read more about it at www.knoppix.com , also they are free. And by working fine, I mean, once it has loaded knoppix, i'm able to surf the internet One doesn't need to install knoppix into a hard drive, everything is in a cd, office suite, games, browser, networking software, and games. Sorry about misunderstanding |
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"Knoppix User" wrote in message ... "Noozer" wrote in message news:SuBxd.549316$nl.332723@pd7tw3no... Make up your mind... The 1.7gig doesn't work, but it's running Knoppix and working fine? Knoppix is a linux distro comes in a CD-ROM Flavor, so what I was saying is that, my hard drive doesn't boot, but it is working fine with live OS. You can read more about it at www.knoppix.com , also they are free. And by working fine, I mean, once it has loaded knoppix, i'm able to surf the internet One doesn't need to install knoppix into a hard drive, everything is in a cd, office suite, games, browser, networking software, and games. Ah... so boot from the CD and the computer seems fine, but it isn't using the hard drive. It sounds like the drive is bad... The machine is old enough that a drive that small shouldn't be an issue. BIOS should be able to see the drive and you should be able to format it. You might be able to find a HDD utility on the manufacturers website to test and zero the hard drive. |
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