Re: Installing New HD on Pavilion notebook


"M" <rnee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:p8idnYb3_qPWtsHeRVn-sg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> There is no driver needed.
>
> If this is the c: drive you just have to reload Windows on the drive.
> Check to see if the jumpers are on the correct pins. Just match what the
> old
> drive had. XP should identify the drive.
>
> By "set up disk" do you mean the Install CD?
>

This is a new blank hard drive. Apparently it either needs drivers or has to
be formatted in some way before the drive will be recognized.

I have tried the XP install disk and have tried to restore an image using
Norton Ghost and neither recognizes that the drive is there.


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