Re: Tips on replacing a hard drive?

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Yup, that should do it. Thanks, Thomas, for your post. I remember upgrading
the BIOS on this Dell Dimension for some reason a few years ago. Maybe for a
switch from ME to XP? Or adding RAM? I might have the correct BIOS already.
Joe

"Thomas Wendell" <tumppiw_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Here's a link to Dell BIOS A06 (june 2003)(watch wrap)

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&deviceid=308&libid=1&releaseid=R61806&vercnt=5&formatcnt=0&SystemID=DIM_PNT_P4_4300&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=1&impid=-1


And here's to WD's DataLifeGuard..(cloning disk)
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?swid=1

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"Joe Starin" <joespamfreestarin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> kirjoitti
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No, Andrew, I feel like I have enough information to do the switch. Seems
like my only issue is that the BIOS does not support this large (320GB) a
hard drive, according to Glenn. Can I get around this, or do I need to
get a smaller hard drive? Again, thanks for everyone's help. Joe

"Andrew Colville" <colvillefamily@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You've got yourself confused

"Joe Starin" <joespamfreestarin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, group. It's time to replace my fine but almost full 60GB internal
hard drive with a new 320GB internal hard drive. Both are Western
Digital EIDE units. I also purchased an external 320GB hard drive to do
backups and help with the install. Staples said I'd have to reinstall
my XP Home SP2 OS and all of my software. Can I copy the outgoing 60GB
hard drive contents to the external HD, uninstall the 60GB, install the
new 320GB internal HD, then copy everything from the external HD to the
newly installed 320GB internal HD? It can't be that easy, can it? I've
been Googling for a few hours, finding some hardware instructions, but
no tips on how to move all of my software. Computer is a Dell Dimension
4300 desktop, five years old, upgraded BIOS, 1GB RAM, etc. The Straples
guy wants me to bring it in so he can do it, but I've been inside the
case many times and fell confident I can pull this off as soon as I get
more reliable information. I just gotta move all that software,
documents, pictures, etc. Any experienced help would be appreciated.
Thanks very much. Joe









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