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Subject: PC won't accept 40gb new hard drive on hp brio ba-600
Category: Computers > Hardware
Asked by: amccoy333-ga
List Price: $5.00

Posted: 19 May 2004 10:00 PDT
Expires: 18 Jun 2004 10:00 PDT
Question ID: 348823

I have a hp brio model ba-600 when I install a hard drive on the
system It will not auto-install the drive. I have attempted to use
both wester digital 40gb  and maxtor 40gb drives and neither works.

Request for Question Clarification by feilong-ga on 19 May 2004 10:06 PDT
You may need to download and install a new BIOS for your PC. Please
check HP first for the latest BIOS for your PC.

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Subject: Re: PC won't accept 40gb new hard drive on hp brio ba-600
From: babaum-ga on 24 Jun 2004 20:58 PDT

You just have to use the factory software to use large capacity disk
on older OS and computers.
From Maxtor you should use the MaxBlast 3 at
http://downloads.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_us/downloads/maxblast3.exe
From Western Digital you use Data Lifeguard v11.0  at
http://support.wdc.com/download/dlg/dlgsetup11_win.zip

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