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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.
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"monstamash" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Bios says version 4.51PG
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"monstamash" wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 -- Windows98 links to solutions http://jake98.no-ip.info Replies in the same thread please Regards Jake |
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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. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "philo" wrote in message ... "monstamash" wrote in message ... 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 |
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Really depends on who did the BIOS for that machine. Award simply supplies
a generic version to the mobo mfgr. "philo" wrote in message ... "monstamash" wrote in message ... 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 |
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