Hello folks
I'm trying to give a new lease of life to an HP Compaq computer,
previously running Windows XP, with bad blocks on its 80GB SATA disk.
The plan is to install Linux Mint on a new hard disk.
But every disk I've tried (two new ones, and a couple of old ones, all
bigger than 80GB) fails to be recognised by the BIOS. I can hear faint
buzzes and clicks from the drives -- even the new ones.
If I put the old disk back, the BIOS is happy, and the system starts
(but that's no good, because the disk is failing).
I can't find any relevant settings in the BIOS to tweak, nor jumpers on
the drives.
Any ideas?
cheers
Chris
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