Need Hekp with Inspiron 6000 HD upgrade question

Question

The other day i had an online chat with a dell technical support agent and he said that a 100GB HD was the Max upgrade i can haveon my Inspiron 6000. Right now i have a 80GB HD. Has anybody upgraded to a larger size Hard drive than the 100GB on their Inspiron 6000?I want to upgrade to a 160GB Seagate that dell offers online.

bacillus · Answer

the 160Gb pata hard drive will work. suggest you have the latest A09 bios installed before you fit the new hdd.

bacillus · Answer

btw remember to transfer the adapter on the 'old' hdd ide pins over to the new drive before installation.

jdphil07 · Answer

how do i get the A09Bios installed before i install the 160GB HDD into my notebook?

bacillus · Answer

you can update the bios in pure dos using either an external usb floppy drive or a bootable cdr. the hdd doesn't have to be in the laptop when you update.

jdphil07 · Answer

thanks for the help with my questions. Today I checked my Bios Version on Setup and it says that i already have Bios version A09. That makes me think that all i have to do now is buy the 160GB HDD from dell,switch the adapter and install it in my laptop.I'm i correct on that is is there anymore info i should have.

bacillus · Answer

@jdphil07 wrote:

thanks for the help with my questions. Today I checked my Bios Version on Setup and it says that i already have Bios version A09. That makes me think that all i have to do now is buy the 160GB HDD from dell,switch the adapter and install it in my laptop.I'm i correct on that is is there anymore info i should have.

sounds like you're good to go!

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