Another computer question - hard drives

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  1. Robbo

    Robbo

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    Cheers Guys,

    I am going to be away for a few days, I'll have a play on my return.
     
    Robbo, Oct 30, 2004
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    Sorted!

    I have sorted out the problem. I went over to the hard drive manufacturers site (maxtor) and downloaded a utility program (Maxblast3) that enables hard drive setup. I created a bootable floppy disk and booted up with the floppy disk. The hard drive could than be re-partitioned and then formatted as a FAT32 drive. The utility also allows you to copy the contents of one drive to another. I did that and the system is now working fine, with the 80GB drive properly recognised.
     
    Robbo, Nov 3, 2004
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    Well done. Glad you got it fixed. You really should get XP though :)
     
    technobear, Nov 3, 2004
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    No point on my old PC. When I finally get a new one it'll be a different story. Longhorn will be out by then though!
     
    Robbo, Nov 3, 2004
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    Easily the best place, but the air fare is a killer.

    :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
     
    narabdela, Nov 3, 2004
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