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PostPosted: 10/14/10 8:21 pm • # 1 
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But the computer doesn't seem to recognize it.  Fortunately, I left the old drive in there and just hooked it back up.  Any ideas as to how to troubleshoot this and see if it can be fixed?  Jab?  Sid?


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PostPosted: 10/15/10 12:28 am • # 2 
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Is the new drive a Sata or a IDE drive?
Did you check the BIOS settings?
Which Bios does your computer have? Award Bios?


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PostPosted: 10/15/10 3:32 am • # 3 
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Huh?

The drive is a sata - I figured I better stick with the same type of drive as the one that's already in there, but it's 500gb (Seagate Barracuda).

I had to shut down the computer to find out about the bios -' Phoenix Rom bios plus version 1.10 A05".

The message I get on the bios screen when I turn the computer on is "drive not found, serial ATA, SATA-0", then have to either hit F1, which starts the Ubuntu grub on the old hard drive, or F2 to do a setup.


I figured I could install both XP and Ubuntu on the new drive for a dual boot.  So I would also need some advice about partitioning/formatting the hard drive.


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PostPosted: 10/22/10 3:13 pm • # 4 
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Did you go into disk manager and assign a drive letter?


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PostPosted: 10/23/10 1:17 am • # 5 
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Where's the disk manager? 


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