Problem getting hard drive recognized

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I have a pentium 266 computer. I know how to change the cmos t
recognized hard drives. The problem I have run into is I cannot ge
the compter to recognize the hard drive. I tried Primary, cabl
select, and not luck. I then tried anoter hard drive, Primary an
cable select, no luck. I checked the ide connector and everythin
looks good. There have been no major changes to the computer.
pulled the old hard drive out and want to replace it with a large
one.
Has anyone run into something like this befor
 
ka_mcginnis said:
I pulled the old hard drive out and want to replace it with a larger one.
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Does the old one still work?
Do they show in BIOS you might need to detect the drive in BIOS
You might try the new one in the secondary channel
 
ka_mcginnis said:
I have a pentium 266 computer. I know how to change the cmos to
recognized hard drives. The problem I have run into is I cannot get
the compter to recognize the hard drive. I tried Primary, cable
select, and not luck. I then tried anoter hard drive, Primary and
cable select, no luck. I checked the ide connector and everything
looks good. There have been no major changes to the computer. I
pulled the old hard drive out and want to replace it with a larger
one.
Has anyone run into something like this before
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What type of POST code are you getting at boot time? What is telling
you that the drive is not being recognized? Remember the drive needs to
be partitioned before it shows up in the OS.

Since old drive worked, onboard drive circuitry must work. Check power
cable and see if drive is spinning up at boot time. Some Molex cables
need to be pushed in very firmly before they work. See if Primary drive
set to "AUTO" in CMOS. Next, place old drive back in and see if system
boots.

Bob Graham
 
It is very possible that that old computer's BIOS CANNOT recognize the
larger capacity harddrive that you are attempting to install. Back then the
motherboards' BIOS were extremely limited as to the size of harddrive that
they could use.
 
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