BIOS recognition of new hard drive

LittleBill · Nov 10, 2004

Gateway 2000 P-5 166, 400 Mhz, 2gig HD, 128 MB RAM, Windows 95 OSR2

I just bought a Western Digital 40 gig HD to replace the current one so I can install Windows XP and upgrade my AOL and other software. I would like to know if there's any way to check the BIOS, before I try to install the drive, to see if it will accept and recognize the entire drive. Thanks.

Just Playin · Nov 10, 2004

Your computer doesn't meet minimum specs to run XP: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx

Triaxx2 · Nov 10, 2004

Hold a key as you restart, as a guaranteed manner of getting it to bring up BIOS, it's possible to hit delete, but if you're timing is off, this is fool proof. Just enter setup when it asks.

suesman · Nov 10, 2004

It should recognize the whole drive. I'm running an 80gigger on an old Gateway PII450, had a 120gig on there at one time. You will need more RAM ( System Memory ) to run Windose XP though. 128megs is just not gonna cut it.

LittleBill · Nov 11, 2004

Just Playin said:

Your computer doesn't meet minimum specs to run XP: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx[/QUOTE]

Why do you say that? I clicked that link and my computer meets all the requirements listed by Microsoft, unless I missed something. What specs does my computer not meet? I know someone else had said 128 MB RAM wouldn't cut it. BTW, I made a mistake in my original post. I have 192 MB RAM, not 128. I hope that's enough.
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