ide supports 2 drives per channel you just need a diff cable, and a <80gb pata disk.
i can list the required spares on ebay for 1p +postage.
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On 27 Nov 2013, at 17:15, Chris Dennis <cgdennis@???> wrote:
> On 27/11/13 11:36, Chris Dennis wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Thanks for all the replies.
>
> I managed to update the BIOS all the way from 1.07 to 1.08, and that made no difference. No other updates seem to be available.
>
> The original (apparently SATA 1) disk has now failed completely.
>
> I could use a PATA hard disk, but the motherboard only has one PATA channel, and that is in use for the optical drive.
>
> All of which is a pity, because I was trying to do all of this for minimal cost for a local retired chap.
>
> It looks like I'll have to give up on this one.
>
> cheers
>
> Chris
>
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