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Re: Compaq Hard Drive problem
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Robert Orin Charles Kilroy <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 10:23:20 -0400
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Edna Sloan wrote:

> A friend has a Compaq 48625SX all-in-one model(Presario Net/25S) that came
> with a 100MB IDE hard drive.
> She wants to replace the drive with a 540MB, but cannot get the system to
> take it.  When she tries to boot up, after installing and manually changing
> the bios for the 540, she gets a "controller failure" error message.

I have done this recently  ghosting drives at work.  The problem was I didn't
reconnect the power cable on the drive when I put it back in.  When all else
fails, go back to the basics.

Robert Kilroy
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