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Hard Disk Failure
I have a Dell Inspiron 9200 laptop with a 100GB 4200rpm ultra ATA/100 HDD same that has failed, I just bought a 320GB 5400rpm EIDE HDD, WD Scorpio Blue WD32000BEVERTL, but the computer only detects 137GB, and show Disk Failure At Start (IT does not boot).
I have installed the WD Scorpio Blued Hard Disk in my Desktop computer and it works perfectly.
If someone has an idea in how to fix this, I'll appreciate it.
ejn63
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Posted July 10th, 2009 11:00
There is no fix - the 9200 does not support drives over 120G at the BIOS level, period.
It should work even without BIOS support - you will get a "disc failed" until you install Windows on the drive. That said, KEEP BACKUPS. Without BIOS support for the drive, recovery in case of future failure is much more difficult.