Installing new hard drive ?!!!

I installed a new hard drive on my computer and ive found
that the display settings have changed from the previous
settings I had on my old hard drive and they are very
basic. For example I can only have '16 colours' insted
of 'True colour (32 bit) and the screen area can only be
set to 640 by 480 pixels insted of 1024 by 768 pixels!
This has resulted in not allowing me to install new
software because of something to do with the monitor
depth?! Is there any way I can have my old settings back
with out changing back to my old hard drive? Please help!!
Thank you.
Katie

Katie,

You need to provide just a little more information. For example did you
add your new hard drive as a second drive or have you instead replaced
your original drive with the new drive and reinstalled Win Me? If the
latter your display problem is due to your not having installed the
necessary video drivers for your graphics card and instead you are using
the default VGA drivers. If you don't have a copy of the video drivers
from your previous install the easiest way to proceed is to visit the
video card manufacturer's web site and download the latest Win Me
compatible drivers for your video card.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Katie wrote:

I installed a new hard drive on my computer and ive found
that the display settings have changed from the previous
settings I had on my old hard drive and they are very
basic. For example I can only have '16 colours' insted
of 'True colour (32 bit) and the screen area can only be
set to 640 by 480 pixels insted of 1024 by 768 pixels!
This has resulted in not allowing me to install new
software because of something to do with the monitor
depth?! Is there any way I can have my old settings back
with out changing back to my old hard drive? Please help!!
Thank you.
Katie

Thanks...
No I replaced it as a new drive as my old hard drive didnt
have enough space and I was using windows 98. With the new
hard drive i've installed win me on it. The only way I can
use the internet is on my old drive the as on the new
drive I can install the software! So if i need to download
the latest Win Me compatible drivers for my video card on
my old drive how can i install them on the new drive?
Thanks

-----Original Message-----
Katie,

You need to provide just a little more information. For
example did you
add your new hard drive as a second drive or have you
instead replaced
your original drive with the new drive and reinstalled
Win Me? If the
latter your display problem is due to your not having
installed the
necessary video drivers for your graphics card and
instead you are using
the default VGA drivers. If you don't have a copy of the
video drivers
from your previous install the easiest way to proceed is
to visit the
video card manufacturer's web site and download the
latest Win Me
compatible drivers for your video card.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Katie wrote:

I installed a new hard drive on my computer and ive
found
that the display settings have changed from the previous
settings I had on my old hard drive and they are very
basic. For example I can only have '16 colours' insted
of 'True colour (32 bit) and the screen area can only be
set to 640 by 480 pixels insted of 1024 by 768 pixels!
This has resulted in not allowing me to install new
software because of something to do with the monitor
depth?! Is there any way I can have my old settings back
with out changing back to my old hard drive? Please
help!!
Thank you.
Katie

.

I'm sorry but I fail to understand why using VGA mode is preventing you
accessing the net and downloading the necessary driver. It's not that
long ago that VGA mode was the best that was available.but I guess I'm
showing my age here. :-)

Alternatively download to your old drive (how are you doing this,
multi-booting or by physically swapping the drives?) and then copy the
drivers to CDRW or USB pen drive or whatever media you usually use for
archiving files and then load the file onto your new disk and install the
drivers.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Katie wrote:

Thanks...
No I replaced it as a new drive as my old hard drive didnt
have enough space and I was using windows 98. With the new
hard drive i've installed win me on it. The only way I can
use the internet is on my old drive the as on the new
drive I can install the software! So if i need to download
the latest Win Me compatible drivers for my video card on
my old drive how can i install them on the new drive?