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bios not recognizing the hdd & cd ROM

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by mosmikky 1 view

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I AM WORKING ON A DELL SYSTEM WHICH ITS OWN HDD IS BAD, & I OPTED FOR ANOTHER HDD FROM ONE OF MY OLD WORKING SYSTEM & INSTALLED IT ON THE DELL SYSTEM.I THEN INCERT MY OS OF XP INTO TNE CD ROM BUT TO MY GREATEST SUPPRISE, THE HDD WAS NOT RECOGNIZED. WHAT IS PROBABLY THE CAUSE? & THE PREFERRABLE SOLUTION.

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by mr.wiz

require that all drives be set to cable select. If any of your drives are not set for this, the system may not see them. Verify that your hard drive and your cd drives are set for cable select.

by tintoman

Never knew that about Dell thanks for that and sorry to interrupt your post

by i_redsox_i

you need to upgrade the BIOS Dell Dimension 8100 needs u a BIOS upgrade for win XP
or the other things to Flash the BIOS

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