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Pretty sure it installed correctly, but how would I know for sure? I havn't seen any error msgs. Type and mode are both set to auto in bios for the HDD's I've also noticed that I'm having a lot of problems burning CD's now too :S

Yea, still no luck with win2k Is there anyway to get a bios that allows a larger HD and still lets you install a new os? I would be very very very grateful if someone could write me a patch, or direct me in the right direction. Thanks

Gonna try to install win2k instead, I'll post my results

ok, I just realized that I have an AGP slot because i have a gforce4 card, wich is AGP right? Sorry im a bit of a noob but that means that my mobo is a hot661/p, which I'm guessing means that i should have been looking for bios types for that model.

The thing is, I had xp running fine on my old smaller HD with the old bios version that I had (6610S016), but it was Fat32 and the new larger drive is NTFS, which is where this new xp install was goin. I do believe that the error was ACPI, but I'll have to try to install again to check for sure. I ...

err, wait, i tried to install xp on the new 80G drive and got an error, something about no support for a certain service, is this normal dennis? Is there a workaround for it, or a patch of sorts?

OK thanks so much guys for the expert help. I used the bios file that dennis directed me to and used awdflash 6.31, everything worked out great.

take care

Yea I did follow that link, and I dled the bios and put it on a floppy disc, still not to sure how I go about using it. I guess I just boot from floppy, and then it does its magic? I just wanted to make sure that the bios you directed me to will infact work, based on the info I've provided. Also is ...

Hey guys, thanks so much for the support. I read the sticky for users with xp, which is what I'm running, the thing is, I have about 50gigs of my 80 gig HD already full of media that I would rather not loose, and it seems the work around for xp users involves creating a partition only large enough ...

Hello all,

I have been trying to install my 80GWD HD in my old pc but it just hangs when autodetection happens. I believe I need to upgrade my bios, but I'm kinda weiry as I don't want to screw it up. here are the specs I got from esupports bios agent:
BIOS Date: 07/03/98
BIOS Type: Award ...