Internal Hard Drive Help

[Razielx5]

I was running a poor 10g Internal Hard drive, so i switch it with a Compaq HP 40 GB Ultra ATA100 Internal Hard Drive, and now my computer turns on and sits there with a flashing Rectangle at the left hand corner:banghead:

 

[enouwee]

How old is that computer and what's its model or mainboard? Given its using a 10GB harddrive, its BIOS may not be able to handle disks larger than 32GB.

Checklist:

• BIOS compatibility with the larger HDD
• do you hear any beep codes or does your computer have other diagnose methods?
• are the IDE cable and master/slave jumper set correctly?
• do you have an OS on the disk you're booting from?

 

[Prometheus]

Did you buy this new HD? Was it laying around? Have you previously used it?

 

[Sintoras]

Plus, if you buy a new harddrive, get atleast 320Gbytes.

 

[Dtere]

How old is that computer and what's its model or mainboard? Given its using a 10GB harddrive, its BIOS may not be able to handle disks larger than 32GB.

Checklist:

• BIOS compatibility with the larger HDD
• do you hear any beep codes or does your computer have other diagnose methods?
• are the IDE cable and master/slave jumper set correctly?
• do you have an OS on the disk you're booting from?

Also did you partition the hard-drive first?
Did SMART detect any errors with the hard-drive?

 

[duyen]

Plus, if you buy a new harddrive, get atleast 320Gbytes.

Lol that was a really stupid comment.

Like you wouldn't want 320GB for your notebook comp.

 

[Razielx5]

How old is that computer and what's its model or mainboard? Given its using a 10GB harddrive, its BIOS may not be able to handle disks larger than 32GB.

Checklist:

• BIOS compatibility with the larger HDD
• do you hear any beep codes or does your computer have other diagnose methods?
• are the IDE cable and master/slave jumper set correctly?
• do you have an OS on the disk you're booting from?

Well, when i decided it wouldnt work..i tried everything, even switching back..and then it wouldnt work so w/e..ima take the piece of crap in somewhere...make it someone elses problem!!Thnx anyway!