Hard Drive Replacement

MY HD is damaged and I need to replace it in a Win 98 machine. Does anyone know what hard drives I can buy that would replace a Samsung SV0844A hard drive and be compatible with what is in the computer already? I can go for more than the original 8.4G , but compatibility is the question. I'll stay small if need be.

"monstamash" wrote in message
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MY HD is damaged and I need to replace it in a Win 98 machine. Does anyone
know what hard drives I can buy that would replace a Samsung SV0844A hard
drive and be compatible with what is in the computer already? I can go for
more than the original 8.4G , but compatibility is the question. I'll stay
small if need be.

that's a matter of what the bios can handle

how old is your machine?

when it boots up you should get a message listing the bios type

Bios says version 4.51PG

"monstamash" wrote in message
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Bios says version 4.51PG


from what i've been able to find

that's an Award bios from around 1998 but i don't know how large of a
drive it could take...
unless someone here knows the specs i'd keep the drive fairly small

usually up to 30 gigs is fairly safe...but i'd wait for a few more opinions
on that.


btw: most older machines can usually use larger drives through the use of
either a bios
upgrade, a software drive overlay...or a pci controller card

hi,
one of my machines runs on award 4.51 bios (yes I know is old)
and has a partitioned drive of 30G and on the same bus an old 10G
hope this helps

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I have a note (origin unknown) that says prior to 1999, the Award Bios could
only address 32 gb and smaller.

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"philo" wrote in message
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"monstamash" wrote in message
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Bios says version 4.51PG


from what i've been able to find

that's an Award bios from around 1998 but i don't know how large of a
drive it could take...
unless someone here knows the specs i'd keep the drive fairly small

usually up to 30 gigs is fairly safe...but i'd wait for a few more
opinions
on that.


btw: most older machines can usually use larger drives through the use of
either a bios
upgrade, a software drive overlay...or a pci controller card

Really depends on who did the BIOS for that machine. Award simply supplies
a generic version to the mobo mfgr.


"philo" wrote in message
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"monstamash" wrote in message
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Bios says version 4.51PG


from what i've been able to find

that's an Award bios from around 1998 but i don't know how large of a
drive it could take...
unless someone here knows the specs i'd keep the drive fairly small

usually up to 30 gigs is fairly safe...but i'd wait for a few more
opinions
on that.


btw: most older machines can usually use larger drives through the use of
either a bios
upgrade, a software drive overlay...or a pci controller card