Computer hangs up on Bios

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I installed Service Pack 2, I run XP home edition.
I then tried to install a new 80GB HD. Now the computer stops at Bios and
does not
continue to load Windows. I checked the old 13GB HD in external usb
box with another computer to make sure it's OK, and it's working fine.
I returned the old hard drive to my computer, but it refuses to go past the
Bios.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your reply.
Adam
 
Hi,
Think you need to go back to the way it was first. Remove the new drive and
boot on your 13GB only, if it works then it was the addition of the new
drive. Assuming IDE did you set the new drive as a slave correctly with the
link on the drive, does the 13GB drive have a link setting for master with
slave as well as master on its own. You could need to set the old drive as
master with slave connected and set the new drive as slave. Or you can try
using the cable select option usually denotes as "CS".

All the best
Neil
 
Hi,
Think you need to go back to the way it was first. Remove the new
drive and boot on your 13GB only, if it works then it was the
addition of the new drive. Assuming IDE did you set the new drive as
a slave correctly with the link on the drive, does the 13GB drive
have a link setting for master with slave as well as master on its
own. You could need to set the old drive as master with slave
connected and set the new drive as slave. Or you can try using the
cable select option usually denotes as "CS".

All the best
Neil
Click to expand...

How old is your PC? There were issues with older machines recognising
HD's > 32 GB, you may have hit this stumbling block.

Can you actually get into the BIOS to see if it recognises your new HD
at its full capacity?
 
I concur with Jeff regards the HDD size.

If the mainboard has limitations to the size of drives it can handle, you
may need to use additional software such as EZ BIOS (Maxtor uses this as
part of their HDD install floppy for systems that have HDD size limitations)
Regards
Darren
 
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