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You are welcome. I wouldn't go near a court. Go to Watts. Courts do
their swearing on stacks of bibles instead of pancakes! I do know, my
own HDD crash of 2001 was loud enough to put me through the ceiling.
YET, it continued to boot, after multiple noisy tries, & functioned
PERFECTLY for 20 minutes per boot. This continued for over a week. If
you get it working, copy your stuff off it quick. Good luck!
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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"Jonathan Benedicto" <incorrect@no.server> wrote in message
news:eopz%23ECdFHA.612@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| Well - do they use lie detectors at the courts? I'll try attaching it
| as a slave - might work. Only thing is - it makes a frightful clacking
| whenever I tried it before. Thank you for your instrucs on installing
| hard drives - very detailed. However we actually know how to take a
| machine apart totally and rebuild it(and the computer still works). My
| brothers computer is a totally home-built one. The computer in
| question that we are looking into installing Win98 on, is a Compaq
| Deskpro. No room in it for more than one hard drive(unless you take
| out the floppy) - because it's a desktop. But, I'll try the hard drive
| in my brothers computer.
|
| Thank you.
|
| --
|
| Jonathan
|
| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| news:%23R%23yI9BdFHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
| >I THINK, if you can pass a lie detector test on it, you will be OK,
| >or
| > so Rolanda Watts once swore to me! Afterwards, attach the broken one
| > as
| > a Slave or Secondary Master, & you may yet have access to it...
| >
| > Naturally, the first consideration is whether there is room inside
| > the
| > box. (Well, actually, there undoubtedly also are external
| > possibilities,
| > but I know nothing of them.) So...
| >
| > (1) What is your computer & model number?
| > (2) Do you have a manual to look through?
| >
| > My book clearly showed every screw along the way. (I had to lift out
| > the
| > power supply of my Compaq 7470 to get to the innards.) However, it
| > is
| > possible to get by without it. There will be literature with the new
| > hard drive. There will be two wires to connect. One to a power
| > connector
| > on the drive. The other will either be
| >
| > (a) A cable going from the new drive directly to the motherboard
| > (the
| > drive will become a Secondary Master) or
| >
| > (b) A connector on the cable that already connects the Primary
| > Master to
| > the motherboard will plug into the new drive (the new drive is a
| > Slave).
| >
| > Presuming the box is open & you have access...
| >
| > (1) You must get the jumpers right, acc. to a diagram on the drive.
| > The
| > new one may have a booklet, too. Different manufacturers/models have
| > different positions for the jumpers to say the same thing. A jumper
| > is a
| > little, colorful, plastic covered device that will be placed over
| > two
| > pins on the hard drive. Depending upon which pins it covers, the
| > drive
| > is a Master, Slave, etc.
| >
| > (a) Jumper the new drive as Slave, if you will plug it to the
| > cable holding the Primary Master.
| > Or set it as Master, if you will connect directly to the
| > MB
| > with it's own cable.
| >
| > (b) The Primary Master (the one you've already got in there),
| > especially if it's a Western Digital, may need to be changed to
| > "Master
| > with slave", instead of "Master alone on cable". State the
| > name/model of
| > the drive, if examining it's diagram doesn't make it clear. This
| > drive
| > may need to be removed to see it's diagram. Likely, there are four
| > screws involved. Naturally, this won't apply, if the new drive is
| > connected to the motherboard, using it's own cable.
| >
| > (c) If making a Slave, try plugging it into the free connector
| > on
| > the cable. However, some computers may require that the Master &
| > Slave
| > be in specific positions on the cable. (I believe my Slave is
| > closest to
| > the motherboard on the cable, in the middle connector.)
| >
| > If this is to be a Secondary Master, plug it into the free
| > slot on the motherboard. Examine the connector & the pins it is
| > plugging
| > into. You will see the orientation that is required, by the parallel
| > lines on the side of the connector & slot. Once sure of that, give
| > it a
| > push.
| >
| > (d) Plug a free power connector into the new drive. There should
| > be
| > some around. They will have two (three?) prongs only, obviously
| > different from the data connector.
| >
| >
| > --
| > Thanks or Good Luck,
| > There may be humor in this post, and,
| > Naturally, you will not sue,
| > should things get worse after this,
| > PCR
| > pcrrcp@netzero.net
| > "Jonathan Benedicto" <incorrect@no.server> wrote in message
| > news:uhLv6pBdFHA.228@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| > | I have a broken hard drive from a IBM computer, and it has a legal
| > | copy of Win98SE. It didn't come with a CD but rather had the CD
| > copied
| > | to the hard drive.
| > |
| > | I would like to install Win98 on another computer, and so would it
| > be
| > | legal to use another CD and key, because we do own a legal key,
| > | although proving it might be difficult <g>.
| > |
| > | Jonathan
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
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