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From: Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] 2.5 inch HD
The existing one is either 6GB or 8GB (forget which). Derek has =
offered a similar size one for =A310 which is probably good
enough for =
such an old laptop. It used to have Windows 98SE on it, we were
trying =
to replace that with Windows XP when the drive gave up the ghost. =
We've tried several times to FORMAT it, but it stops at the same
place =
every time at the 13% mark in the FORMAT with a horrible noise.
It won't boot up now of course, so we resort to the Win 98 startup =
disk to FDISK and FORMAT it, hoping to be able to convert it to
NTFS =
for Win XP if and when we get it to format!
The hard disk was itself a second hand replacement for a smaller
hard =
Are You Sure The laptop will support win Xp???
Usually if it was originally win 95 or 98 it will not measure up
to XP, at least the ones I have seen of that vintage.
There used to be a utility that you ran while in 98 that
evaluated the needed upgrades before you could install XP or if
XP would even run once installed. Did you try that before going
the XP route???
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