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second HDD install into older Emachine
I think that old drive was defective , or the BIOS just couldn't deal with it. I went down and bought a new 40GB drive, followed the same procedure, and it came up fine :-) . I didn't think about the heat problem though. The new drive does get pretty warm. But it seems to cycle . Powers up...- rick1948
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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second HDD install into older Emachine
Hey Wolluf, thanx for responding. Yes, LBA refers to the Large Block Addressing setting in FDISK. I used that, but maybe that was not right for that old drive. I'll try it without . I did NOT format it before starting windows. I have been told that I can format it from windows after...- rick1948
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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second HDD install into older Emachine
I'm testing this on an older maxtor drive (330mb)just to see if I can do it. So far, I can't. Specs : etower 433, 4.3GB drive already added more memory (192mb) and a CD-RW A drive - floppy C drive - 4.3gb E drive - CD ROM F drive - CD RW All hardware works fine. Procedure : removed pin from...- rick1948
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- Forum: PC hardware - Hard drive issues
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set up form so that it floats on Windows desktop
I can do this in FoxPro, why not ACCESS ? Don't want to see the Access title bar, or the gray background filling the screen. Just want to see the 'normalized' form, with the Windows desktop in the background. How do I do this ?- rick1948
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- Forum: Microsoft: Access Other topics
