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Hello I have a 40GB hard Disk in my machine and a 10GB
spare...

Someone borrowed me there Hard Disk to get some Data off
as it was too big for E-Mail and they didnt have a CD
Writer.

So my Hard Disk is an ATA 100 5400 RPM my board supports
ATA 100... When I put in a 40GB ATA 133 7200RPM it wont
see it at all in windows...

I am running Windiws 98...

Many Thanks

James
 
Hi

You are posting to a wrong NG, here is for XP

An ATA133 Hdd is workable at the speed of ATA100 on a mobo that support ATA100

BTW, what kind of OS is installed on the new Hdd
If it is Win 95/98 or Win ME, remove your Hdd and install the new HDD as master
If it is XP, no way unless you use the original XP and perform a repair installation of XP
I would suggest you to ask your frined to buy a CD/RW drive, it is very cheap today, around $40.- or less

Pete


----- James wrote: ----

Hello I have a 40GB hard Disk in my machine and a 10GB
spare..

Someone borrowed me there Hard Disk to get some Data off
as it was too big for E-Mail and they didnt have a CD
Writer

So my Hard Disk is an ATA 100 5400 RPM my board supports
ATA 100... When I put in a 40GB ATA 133 7200RPM it wont
see it at all in windows..

I am running Windiws 98..

Many Thank

Jame
 
Oh yeah I did do bnut he has to find the time to get one
and I have offered but hey...

Ah well there is no OS on this drive its just data he has
copied onto it...

Any other suggestions?

Many Thanks

James
-----Original Message-----
Hi,

You are posting to a wrong NG, here is for XP.

An ATA133 Hdd is workable at the speed of ATA100 on a mobo that support ATA100 .

BTW, what kind of OS is installed on the new Hdd?
If it is Win 95/98 or Win ME, remove your Hdd and install the new HDD as master.
If it is XP, no way unless you use the original XP and
Click to expand...
perform a repair installation of XP.
I would suggest you to ask your frined to buy a CD/RW
Click to expand...
drive, it is very cheap today, around $40.- or less.
 
Put the drive in a pc that has XP as its OS then burn to a cd?.. give the
drive back to your friend and tell him to go buy a CDRW?.. tell your friend
to forget about the data?..
 
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