You were not very specific about your problem.You obviously bought a hard drive that itsn't properly recognized by the BIOS and you need a special program which has to be run at a DOS prompt to make this happen -was just guessing,because you mentioned a floppy drive.
MicroTest
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February 25th, 2012 17:00
I don't know why you need to install a driver for a hard drive unless you have an old laptop...anyway:
A possible solution might be to create a bootable USBstick - follow the link below:
www.pendrivelinux.com/yumi-multiboot-usb-creator
www.finnix.org/Balder
>download FreeDOS - "balder10.img"
>download and run "Yumi"
>follow the instructions and choose "FreeDOS" from the dropdown list
>reboot your system and boot from USB
>at the DOS prompt you can run (almost) any DOS based application that you have copied to the USBstick
swannyy13
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February 25th, 2012 21:00
so how exactly does that help my problem? Im very confused when i run the program
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February 26th, 2012 05:00
You were not very specific about your problem.You obviously bought a hard drive that itsn't properly recognized by the BIOS and you need a special program which has to be run at a DOS prompt to make this happen -was just guessing,because you mentioned a floppy drive.
ejn63
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February 26th, 2012 07:00
Simpler solution: set the drive to ATA compatible mode before you boot the OS install CD.
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February 26th, 2012 10:00
Unless you suspect the drive is bad, the quick format is fine.
swannyy13
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February 26th, 2012 10:00
should i do the quick partition format or the longer one?
swannyy13
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February 26th, 2012 10:00
Everything should be good thats what i dont understand at all