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Answer» I bought a WD 80 Gig HD recently, and accidentally set the jumpers wrong so it only shows up as being a 32 Gig in my BIOS and to XP. Can I set the jumpers to where they are supposed to be and leave it at that, or will it screw up XP? Do I have to wipe the drive, fix the jumpers and then START over? I bought a WD 80 Gig HD recently, and accidentally set the jumpers wrong so it only shows up as being a 32 Gig in my bios and to XP. Can I set the jumpers to where they are supposed to be and leave it at that, or will it screw up XP? [highlight]Do I have to wipe the drive, fix the jumpers and then start over?[/highlight] That is what I would do without a doubt. Quote gmcfan..... How about some specs on the pc ........ 2000 Dell Optiplex Stock HD was a 13 Gig Updated the bios to a 2003 revision about 6 months ago I reread the manual that came with the drive, it said that by using the jumper settings I did made it default to 32 gigs. So now my next dumb question: How do I wipe this drive? I tried uninstalling windows from the add/remove LIST but it's not there. Can I go into DOS and use the format c:\ command?Quote Can I go into DOS and use the format c:\ command? No, that won't work. Boot from your genuine XP CD and follow the on-screen prompts to format and do a clean install.. Good luckI BOOTED from the CD, I don't see anything about formatting. It has a repair option and such, but NOTHING about reformatting :-? |
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