geting a new hard disk. got some questions

LovEnPeaCE · Post by **LovEnPeaCE** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 10:49 pm

Zero Serenity wrote:
oldwrench wrote:Your new drive should come with installation software, just follow the instructions and you should be ok.
It shouldn't. HD's don't need software because all the drivers and software required is in your BIOS system. As for re-installing XP, it's not required but it can be tricked into creating partitions for you. When you get to the "Install destination" screen, create two partitions of whatever size (Be sure to leave the buffer space) and format them. No sweat.

-Zero

actually, its just software to format the hdd(hard drives come unpartitioned)

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:08 pm

If it comes with software, something's wrong with it or it's something for the consumer market. Since I buy everything corparate (HDs, OS's, Etc.) at work, they don't come with instructions or software. You're expected to know this stuff and use whatever tools you have for formating. (XP has one built in, I don't remeber if 98 did.)

Oh and Klinky, stop proving me right.

-Zero

LovEnPeaCE · Post by **LovEnPeaCE** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:53 am

keep in mind, not everybody here is like you and buys stuff the same way you do

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:45 am

Zero Serenity wrote:If it comes with software, something's wrong with it or it's something for the consumer market. Since I buy everything corparate (HDs, OS's, Etc.) at work, they don't come with instructions or software. You're expected to know this stuff and use whatever tools you have for formating. (XP has one built in, I don't remeber if 98 did.)

Oh and Klinky, stop proving me right.

-Zero

OH OH? You buy... OEM components, you are such a big man! Big burly man, such a man you are buying OEM components... Oooh look at me shake in me wee little boots in front of the big burly man!!!

Dude you are full of BULLSHIT. Please shut up the stupidness that oozes from your body makes this entire website shake in disgust. Any post you've made that's been remotely technical you've shown just how screwed up your views on technology is. You have no grounding in any sort of fact. I think you make most of the shit you say up. It's just amazing. I loved your technical description of JPEG, "various levels of blurring". Oh wow, you are such a genius... Gah...

Please, you're polluting peoples minds here. People who may not know a lot but actually want to learn the facts about something and not some stinky piece of shit you pulled out of your ass.

-KLINKY

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:45 am

i just have to use this

SS5_Majin_Bebi · Post by **SS5_Majin_Bebi** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:44 am

oldwrench wrote:Your new drive should come with installation software, just follow the instructions and you should be ok. You don't need to reinstall xp. I don't know why you would want more than one partition if you only have one os.
If you want to, install the drive, start the computer, right click on the my computer icon and click on manage drives, right click on the new drive and use the format sys built into xp,

Since when do new hard drives come with installation software?

SS5_Majin_Bebi · Post by **SS5_Majin_Bebi** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:47 am

LovEnPeaCE wrote:
Zero Serenity wrote:
oldwrench wrote:Your new drive should come with installation software, just follow the instructions and you should be ok.
It shouldn't. HD's don't need software because all the drivers and software required is in your BIOS system. As for re-installing XP, it's not required but it can be tricked into creating partitions for you. When you get to the "Install destination" screen, create two partitions of whatever size (Be sure to leave the buffer space) and format them. No sweat.

-Zero
actually, its just software to format the hdd(hard drives come unpartitioned)

You dont get software of any kind with a hard drive unless you purchase it!! WTF is wrong with you people, making stupid assumptions like that? New hard drives are NOT like CD/DVD drives, they DON'T need drivers, because the BIOS contains everything it needs to identify and use the drive. All you have to do is fire up either fdisk ro that computer manager thing you get with XP, format the drive, then use Partition Magic or the partitioning tool you get with winXP, and go from there.

Now stop shitting on about software and drivers coming with hard drives, please, before I'm forced to bead you to death with a Commodore 64 tape drive.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:56 am

SS5_Majin_Bebi wrote:
oldwrench wrote:Your new drive should come with installation software, just follow the instructions and you should be ok. You don't need to reinstall xp. I don't know why you would want more than one partition if you only have one os.
If you want to, install the drive, start the computer, right click on the my computer icon and click on manage drives, right click on the new drive and use the format sys built into xp,
Since when do new hard drives come with installation software?

I don't know if it counts as "installation" software, but I know my WD80 came with a floppy with some utilities on it, including a partition program that I don't even remember whether I used or not (I probably just used Windows XP's partitioning utility).

Okay... just went across the room and pulled out my Western Digital Quick Install guide that came with the drive, and the disk was called "Data Lifeguard Tools"... but according to the guide, after physically installing the hard drive, you had to boot from this floppy and select "Install Drive" from its menu. Actually, that was probably where the partitioning happened.

I don't know, though, if it would have run fine if I'd just forgone the floppy and booted up Windows normally.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:52 pm

Do you have any idea how rediculus you sound? If you must flame me it's a sign of your weakness and insecurity. Child...

-Zero

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 12:55 pm

Speaking of which, define OEM.

-Zero