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Old 11-19-2008, 09:25 PM   #3 (permalink)
stubborn1776
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Re: "New" Harddrive in a PII - Won't Boot from Floppy or CD-Rom

Thanks for all of your great information, hitech,

I think I follow everything, but just a couple of clarifications:

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Originally Posted by hitech View Post
your 98 probably is not bootable. you will have to install a workable floppy.
You mean my floppy drive IS dead and that's why it's not bootable, right? Apparently, it's not bootable from the CD-ROM under the current configuration, either, correct?

With this:
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Originally Posted by hitech View Post
you will need a 80 wire cable that has a blue end to motherboard for your 80 gig.
Will this take care of the system recognizing the full size of the HD or is this just going to make it bootable?

Thanks again,
stubborn1776
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