Re: service pack updates

From: Chuck (yadayada_at_blah.blah)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 09:57:59 -0700

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >"Don" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:35c801c4719b$aa427c50$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I use to have a 13 gig hard drive in PC could do the
> >> updates just fine,changed to a 40 gig and everytime I
> do
> >> the service packs I can't boot up the pc it says device
> >> is missing or device has changed I have to reinstall
> >> 2000,anyone seen this before?
> >>
> >
> >Has the 40 GIG worked before? Is this the first time?
> Do you have the
> >jumpers selected properly on the drive? Most likely the
> jumper choice
> >should be MASTER or COMPUTER SELECT - note the drive's
> documentation and
> >where you attached it on the motherboard.
> >
> >Also . . . if you had a 13 GIG, your machine might be a
> tad old . . .
> >perhaps a BIOS update is needed to recognize the drive.
> Check your vendor's
> >web site.
> >
> >--
> >Chuck
> Drive works fine as long as I don't do the service pack
> updates it's after that it messes up have done BIOS
> update is current

I did some searching at the MS Knowledge base and found three articles that
I'm not sure apply:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;826322&Product=win2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;820888&Product=win2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;830656&Product=win2000

Perhaps someone else can help . . . 

-- 
Chuck