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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: rex on October 17, 2004, 04:41:00 AM

Title: Harddrive with xp problem
Post by: rex on October 17, 2004, 04:41:00 AM

Tricky one this!! Computer - celeron 333 ram 384 60g hardrive with xp pro operating system.  This ran ok for a couple of years then go the blue window of death!.  Reformatted on another computer and put another copy of xp pro on.  This worked fine on the other computer but when I loaded it onto the original computer I got another blue screen saying something about BIOS compatability.  However I can put a 4gig harddrive running Win98 on the original computer without any problems.  Why is the 60gig hardrive no longer working on the original computer??

Title: Re: Harddrive with xp problem
Post by: Raptor on October 17, 2004, 04:47:07 AM

Have you tried flashing your BIOS to the latest revision?

Title: Re: Harddrive with xp problem
Post by: rex on October 17, 2004, 04:58:36 AM

I have never done that before so was hoping to avoid it!!

Title: Re: Harddrive with xp problem
Post by: Raptor on October 17, 2004, 05:17:56 AM

If you do as the instructions tell you, nothing can go wrong.

Title: Re: Harddrive with xp problem
Post by: rex on October 17, 2004, 05:31:30 AM

I'll try that, thankyou

Title: Re: Harddrive with xp problem
Post by: merlin_2 on October 17, 2004, 05:46:40 PM

What was the bsod message. irq_less_than_equal etc..if you pc run before ok why do you have to flash the bios?unless you have install ..other hardware..why did you reformat on other pc ...interested...what did  you not slave the four gig h/d...on winxp pro...<blackchair> i am trying to answer questions on people problems... ;D