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At wits end - can't get 200gb HD to read over 137gb
Freestone .... you're a genius. It worked. I downloaded the BIOS utility from bootdisk.com, formatted the floppy, copied the 14 files onto it and rebooted my computer. From there I followed the BIOS update instructions in the readme file from Gateway and voila ! My 200gb harddrive, that WAS...- lhousesoccer
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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At wits end - can't get 200gb HD to read over 137gb
Hi Freestone : Thanks for the reply again. I downloaded the BIOS update, and followed the instructions to the "tee" in the readme.txt file. It tells me to download the file, run it (which extracts a number of other files to the C:\cabs\7513332 folder. It then says to copy these 17 files to a...- lhousesoccer
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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At wits end - can't get 200gb HD to read over 137gb
Freestone ..... Sorry for sounding stupid, but how do I update my BIOS ? I went to the Gateway website and put in my computer's serial number. This brings up a list of all patches, updates etc available for my computer...- lhousesoccer
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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At wits end - can't get 200gb HD to read over 137gb
Hi - I'm generally not technically capable with computers, but I usually do OK and it's been enough to get by but I'm beyond my own knowledge now and need help. I just bought a Maxtor 6L200P0 200gb internal harddrive. I have a Gateway P4 (bought in 2002) running Windows XP Home Edition, with...- lhousesoccer
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