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Solve : some help for a novice!?

Answer» HI everyone,
I recently aquired a 20gb w/d protege disk with which I'd like to replace my current ageing 8.4 drive. After some initial faffing about I've got to the point where I'm prompted to install the operating system, only to be GREETED by a windows error box stating insufficient disk space!
I've reinstalled windows on my current drive before without trouble but I've always been reluctant to fish around in the bios, could this be where the trouble lies and what should I do? Is there a standard procedure to go through when exchanging hard disks?

many thanks for your valued suggestions.matty.....So you now have two hard drives on your p/c
One is the master and the other one is the slave.......When you look in your bios ..is that the way it's seen ?  It almost sounds like Windows is trying to install on your older HD and there isn't sudfficient room for it hence the error message. You haven't mentioned what operating system you are trying to install. Have you formatted the second drive and if so as what ......FAT , FAT32 , NTFS or what .

let us KNOW
dl65  
Hi dl65
Thanks for the reply,
I'm trying to do a straight swap, pc is bursting at the seams for two drives. I' m trying to install 98se with fat 32!!!!
as I say, being a novice I've limited knowledge but the pc is second user, roughly five years old, msi ms5191 MAINBOARD and in mainly stock config.. with a printer and scanner. the drive was formatted before I received it, however it does not go through the same process
as in the past when I've formatted/reinstalled the original drive. I know the 20gb drive had partitions on it! make any difference?
when I prompt to format drive c: it's done in a second! does that sound right?

again, appreciate your time, thanks.matty....Ok .....so you have removed the old 8+gb drive and have installed the 20gb drive......The 20 gb drive should take more than a second to format......It should take minutes .........Have you tried booting up with your win98 boot disk and RUN the FDISK function to see what if any the partitions are and then remove all partitions and format the entiire drive and then install win98 SE.

let us know how you make out

dl65  I'll have to wait untill the weekend to carry out your instructions but I'll certainly let you know how I get on.
Just wanted to say thanks for taking time out to reply and help out, really good of you.

respect.Along with your help I now have a new, huge!! hard drive capacity, and so much more quiet too, probably saved me a packet to boot.
So very many thanks for your help dl65, top man.


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