BIOS on Hard Drive

[mail306949]

I have a PC (an eMachine) with a HD which has the BIOS on it.

I'm going to replace the HD, so how do I put the BIOS on the new HD?

thanks in advance
billy bob

 

[Rod Speed]

I have a PC (an eMachine) with a HD which has the BIOS on it.

Thats unlikely. Its more likely to be a maintenance partition.

I'm going to replace the HD, so how do I put the BIOS on the new HD?

Just clone the original with True Image. Do that from the 'rescue' CD that TI produces.

 

[mail306949]

Thats unlikely. Its more likely to be a maintenance partition.


Just clone the original with True Image. Do that from the 'rescue' CD that TI produces.

When I have the old HD in, I can access the BIOS by pressing Del, when
I put the new HD (I've installed XP) in I am unable to access the
BIOS.

I read somewhere that some manufactures put the BIOS on the HD.

I'll try ture image.

thanks

 

[Quentin David Jones]

Hmmm,
that's not right -

the BIOS is part of the mainboard,
it is stored on a Flash chip on the mainboard.

Consider :
the mainboard must be able to boot without any HD,
that shows it is not stored on the HD.

There may be a COPY of the BIOS on the HD for maintenance,
but that is another issue.

There is also often a copy of the original HD contents stored in a hidden
partition on the HD so it can be recovered - but that is not related to the
BIOS.

Q.