Marshall,
Did you upgrade your BIOS before you installed the new HD?  There are
upgrades for Gateway BIOS available on:
http://www.gateway.com/support/techdocs/references/motherboard/index.shtml

Carol



>To all  of the Computer Builders out there:
>
>I have what to me is a seemingly insurmountable problem.  I have
>(unfortunately) a Gateway 366c which I am attempting to add a 20G hard
drive
>to (Maxtor 7200 rpm HD).  My problem is that there is no easy place in the
>case to put it.  I have a floppy, CD-rom and CD-RW.  There seems to be no
>room for an additional HD.  Because of this, I originally thought that it
>would be straightforward to just get what was on my oem HD and get it onto
>the 20G and be happy with just one drive.  In fact, I think Maxtor's
>enclosed floppy expects this.  I first used the flopp[y to create an
"image"
>of my 6G HD and operating system and I used only the new drive.
>
>However, It seems that the imaging process did not really transfer
>everything to the new drive in a working state.  Many applications stopped
>working.  I can only assume it is because of the imaging process.
>
>So, where I am now is with the original HD and the new HD sitting outside
of
>the case, but both working OK.  Some solutions I've been thinking of are to
>1) get a longer IDE ribbon/cable and try to get both drives inside...maybe
>even using just one CD instead of 2.  2) Return the drive and get an
>external USB and stop trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. 3)  Try
>to get the info from the original to the new HD correctly  (is there a
>way??)  4) Keep both drives outside of the case and hope that that is safe
>and OK.
>
>As you can see, I didn't mention giving up on Gateway or buying a new case,
>etc.  I'm not that brave.
>
>Can some of you give me some great (as usual) advice on what to do?
>
>Thanks so much,
>Marshall
>
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