Really need help with new HD

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1 total messages Started by Eddy Hood Sat, 03 Feb 1996 00:00

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Author: Eddy Hood
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 00:00

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Hi,

I hope someone can help me, because I could really do with some advice.
I am hoping to upgrade my computer, and with it, I want to get a new
harddrive to replace my current one. But, when I get this new I understand
it won't be formatted or anything, so what do I do with it? Do I need to
make a boot floppy disk with the files needed to set up and partition the
harddrive for my PC? If so, what programs do I need and what do I do? I
hear people talking about low-level formatting IDE drives, but when I did
this with an IDE drive on my old Amiga it broke it, I had to get a new one.
I later read in an Amiga magazine that you shouldn't low-level format IDE
drives, but is this just for the Amiga, or are you supposed to low-level
format these drives for use on a PC? I really don't want to spend over �100
and wreck my new harddrive straight away!
So, could anyone tell me exactly what I need to do with this hard drive to
get it working?

Thanks alot for any help anyone could give me, either on this newsgroup or
by email,
Eddy.

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