HD problems... Please PLEASE help

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Can Someone help.

I have a HD issue with a Dell 4500s....
My HD does not show up on the Bios in the Dell (original HD for the
Dell)
but when I hook it up as a slave on another Pc it seems fine, & even
when I put it on as the master it seems fine on the bios. I had to
erase the os on the Dell because i had issues previously. So I wanted
to transfer 98 se onto the so called problematic HD. Then I wanted to
upgrade to xp. ( Mind you I only have a XP home upgrade). So what
should I do (Norton's ghost imaging is out of my budget). My Dell I
beleive didn't come with a HD installion disc since it was manufatuor
installed. So that could be a problem...


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[Malke]

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lachef2121 wrote:

>
> Can Someone help.
>
> I have a HD issue with a Dell 4500s....
> My HD does not show up on the Bios in the Dell (original HD for the
> Dell)
> but when I hook it up as a slave on another Pc it seems fine, & even
> when I put it on as the master it seems fine on the bios. I had to
> erase the os on the Dell because i had issues previously. So I wanted
> to transfer 98 se onto the so called problematic HD. Then I wanted to
> upgrade to xp. ( Mind you I only have a XP home upgrade). So what
> should I do (Norton's ghost imaging is out of my budget). My Dell I
> beleive didn't come with a HD installion disc since it was manufatuor
> installed. So that could be a problem...
>
>
I'm not really sure what you're asking. If the hard drive appears in the
BIOS on another machine, then the problem lies with the Dell's
motherboard. Call Dell tech support for replacement of the motherboard.

If you are not going to repair/replace the Dell, you have the working
hard drive from that machine. If you wish to put it into another
computer and install XP on it, you will need to buy a retail copy of
XP. The XP that ran on your Dell was an OEM version tied to the
original machine.

Malke
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