Adding bigger drive to old computer

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I was given an old computer from work. When I tried to replace the
original 6.4 GB hhd with a Western Digital 40 GB hhd, the BIOS would
not recognize the new drive. Would a seperate IDE controller card
solve the limitation problem?

Thanks in advance
 
twiceasshort said:
I was given an old computer from work. When I tried to replace the
original 6.4 GB hhd with a Western Digital 40 GB hhd, the BIOS would
not recognize the new drive. Would a seperate IDE controller card
solve the limitation problem?

Thanks in advance
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it might -- the devil is in the details
 
Previously twiceasshort said:
I was given an old computer from work. When I tried to replace the
original 6.4 GB hhd with a Western Digital 40 GB hhd, the BIOS would
not recognize the new drive. Would a seperate IDE controller card
solve the limitation problem?
Click to expand...

I have had success with a cheap Promise 100TX2. Some people here report
Problems with that card under Windows. Under Linux it runs fine.

Arno
 
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