Upgrade IDE HDD

[cscs3]

IDE HDD is a technology last seen maybe 10 years ago. During that time, was there 1 TB IDE HDD?

And do the BIOS and WinXP have any trouble recognizing HDD above certain capacity?

You need to research a bit.

Not so old. Many be 5 years back still have.

 

[cscs3]

SME lor....what to do??

Sian...this type is IT problem....IT ppl bochup, Boss throw to me to handle...
No point buying IDE....not worth the price.
Think ask from IT whether got another IDE.
Ask IT whether got cloning ware, also like very blur....haiz.

Clonezilla like very chim leh....can use EaseUS Todo Backup??

May be your boss is testing your IT knowledge?

 

[luei74]

May I know the brand of the IDE HDD?? If Seagate, can try to install Seagate Disk Wizard to do the cloning, pretty straight forward..

 

[Steyr69]

May be your boss is testing your IT knowledge?

Nah....he never appreciate our efforts.
He push to me becoz he cant convince the IT to do it for him.
He has a sneaky character....

 

[Steyr69]

May I know the brand of the IDE HDD?? If Seagate, can try to install Seagate Disk Wizard to do the cloning, pretty straight forward..

Think is Samsung...forget liao.
The cloning is the 2nd part....the 1st part is getting the HDD...which the system board can recognize.
I think most can only go 80GB nia.
Any higher might require a bios flash which I dun wish to attempt.....

 

[ykgoh]

Clonezilla like very chim leh....can use EaseUS Todo Backup??

If you're doing sector-by-sector cloning, can use Easus Disk Copy.

 

[Steyr69]

Ok.....just check system info....seemed like the mobo was not shown.
The bios is hp 786b2 v 1.11 7/10/2003
I tried Run systeminfo but alot of info came up....n i was unable to read....n the window disappear.

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[Steyr69]

Unable to read linebyline....

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[alamakazim]

I tell u my story.. same as you

I buy preowned hdd from ebay(US) , carousell

I also lazy to know compatibility

at most buy 80gb

I have to buy even a 50pin scsi hdd... **** this is rare and expensive



*u guys may wonder why.... cos there are some old ISA I/O cards inside... which we cannot migrate/upgrade ....


also if u have problem duplicating hdd, bad sector or what

try this duplicator,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdGokeWjwNQ

 

[Koenig168]

Ok.....just check system info....seemed like the mobo was not shown.
The bios is hp 786b2 v 1.11 7/10/2003
I tried Run systeminfo but alot of info came up....n i was unable to read....n the window disappear.

HP Compaq business desktop. You can run DXDIAG for system info.

The model number should be on the PC itself. You can search by model number for the specs.

 

[Steyr69]

HP Compaq business desktop. You can run DXDIAG for system info.

The model number should be on the PC itself. You can search by model number for the specs.

Yes....i got the model number....what i need is the mobo model....

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[mosmos]

Nah....he never appreciate our efforts.
He push to me becoz he cant convince the IT to do it for him.
He has a sneaky character....

how come not IT dept do these instead?

 

[blackie83]

Must be those accounting software need to run on XP. Vendor no more support. Go sim lim buy those 2nd hand PC able to run XP. Must have com port or serial

 

[Steyr69]

Sme lor....everything also save money.....

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[commach]

Try CPU-Z, there is a motherboard's tab to display the information of the motherboard.

 

[Steyr69]

Try CPU-Z, there is a motherboard's tab to display the information of the motherboard.

Yes....simple enuff.....except need to get IT admin to log in in order to install.....

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[darkarn]

Yes....simple enuff.....except need to get IT admin to log in in order to install.....

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Got try using the ZIP version of CPU-Z? I understand that it is portable, no need to install.

Only prob then is whether you can download and unzip the file onto the desktop to use, or whether you can run any program from an USB thumbdrive.

 

[hawthorne]

I used to have an external HDD closure that uses IDE drives. At least using this, u can connect it to a newer PC to copy ur stuffs out.

Buying new IDE drives shld be quite challenging liao. Ur best bet is to buy 2nd hand IDE HDD from eBay or Carousell

If die die still want to use the PC, might as well plug in a new USB HDD and use it "permanently" for data.

 

[Steyr69]

Thanks....i update my boss....say no point spent money buying a low capacity ide hdd.....n the bios cant supportnew sata hdd...think he might reconsider whether to upgrade...

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[mosmos]

Yes....simple enuff.....except need to get IT admin to log in in order to install.....

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use your home computer install CPU-Z into thumbdrive and then plugin to your office computer