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Article #860Re: Installing used hard drive without formatting
From: Mark B.
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 17:32
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 17:32
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INCORRECT! Operating systems DO NOT just "see" IDE hard drives that have not been detected by BIOS or configured in BIOS. Very simple; if the IDE hard drive ain't listed in the BIOS table, it ain't there as far as the OS is concerned. The exception is SCSI hard drives, in which case the SCSI card must be able to access and recognize the drive. "Philo" <philo@plazaearth.com> wrote in message news:ue0mqae7n2dede@corp.supernews.com... > although you should have your bios > set to auto...to detect the drive. > even if it's not set in the bios...your operating system should still > detect the drive. > if you have not yet run fdisk and created partitions, it will not show up > so you need to do that and be sure that you partition your *second* drive! > > -- > > Philo > > website: www.plazaearth.com/philo > >
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