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moki899 · 06-11-2008, 11:02 AM

Yes, it's alone on the cable and tried both CS and Master. No difference. Will try new cable. Would a PCI IDE Adaptor overcome the 137GB limitation? If not, I don't see a big loss since at most it'd lose 12GB or I could partition it 80GB/80GB.

My recent thoughts were possibly bad battery on the mobo -- the PC is 6 years old and I can't verify it's really retaining any info. Also, does anyone know if I run /boot the Seagate utils if I can 'see' the drive even if the BIOS can't?

I'll post back after my next attempts.

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moki899 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP	Re: Dell Dimension 4300 new HD installation Yes, it's alone on the cable and tried both CS and Master. No difference. Will try new cable. Would a PCI IDE Adaptor overcome the 137GB limitation? If not, I don't see a big loss since at most it'd lose 12GB or I could partition it 80GB/80GB. My recent thoughts were possibly bad battery on the mobo -- the PC is 6 years old and I can't verify it's really retaining any info. Also, does anyone know if I run /boot the Seagate utils if I can 'see' the drive even if the BIOS can't? I'll post back after my next attempts.