Is there a way? HDD 80 Gig on an Old Computer

[Debbie]

There is way I can get the BIOS to accsess the flopy unless I set the HDD jumpers to the 32GB clip position.

Debbie

[agallag]

Actually with Ontrack you set the bios to NONE, as in no drive connected. Somehow the software detects and configures the drive. No idea how it works.

[G400SG16mb]

what motherboard Debbie? Often you can download a bios update that increases the limit to 127gb. If none is available, the people at wimsbios.com may be able to make one for you.

[Debbie]

What Motherboard...... hehehehehe A grand, grand mother you mean !! Shuttle Spacewalker, HOT-661V, recid VIA Chipset.

However, I found a Raid controller going cheap (used only 5 hrs. only $10) . Silicon Image AIL0680 REV E, whatever it is and it appears to be working fine.

I never used a raid controller before and from what I can see, at the very begining of booting there is a prompt asking you if you want to go into the Raid setup. I have'nt been there yet.

I am not sure about this, It appears that I still have to use a HDD on IDE 1 (master) to boot and enter the OS since the drives are only recognized by the OS.

I have also noticed that the drive has been automatically partitioned to the BOBO accepted capacity but at least I can use all the HDD capacity.

I better stop here now. Will be asking some questions later, perhaps.

Debbie

PS.
What the hell are you doing with an old computer ? you may ask.

Well, I have just retired and it's a good escuse to kill some time trying to revive an old machine.

Leaving it 24 hours-a-day on the internet with the least electricity bill possible. Downloading is equally fast as when I'm using my P4, 2.5GHz machine.

[Mcollector]

I'd recommend an add-in ATA100/133 or SATA card. They're cheap. A h/w soln is MUCH better than any s/w overlay soln. The problem with the overlay s/w is that if it screws up/crashes, it can hose your data on the disk. I've had the s/w soln wig out on me before. Plus, the add-in ATA100/133 (or SATA) controller will give you the added benefit of much better speed performance than the old IDE connection on an old mobo.

I second others' motions on this thread for a h/w soln.