I wasn't considering that the drive would be incompatible, although I should have said, to avoid BIOS-drive problems, make sure the new drive is no bigger than the old one, and also check that the drive is accessed using LBA if appropriate, and only if appropriate.. The access mode controls how the sectors on the drive are ID'd and the sectors are assumed to have a set ordering within the partitions
My concern was that - as happened to me (a long while ago) where a MOBO controller knackered all drives attached to it by overwriting partition, directory and file allocation information. ( I setup a test machine for PC engineers exams with that one - but the invigilators stopped them putting in a second drive - any attempt to do so, and they failed that part of the test) Still happy that it's only the drive, and you have a replacement JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Poer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 6:28 PM Subject: Re: Look into Setup of laptop > I will check it all out, but it looks like the drive has gone bad as it > works with another drive in it. 1 serial number apart, so it should be > compatible. > Thanks a lot, > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of James Button > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 1:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Look into Setup of laptop > > -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
