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need a replacement computer... now a question about hdd drivers and Win7


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18 hours ago, Pete M said:

assuming I did it right, windows says my sata driver is up to date.  :dunno:   if it matters, I was using my old laptop's hdd in the caddy and it worked (a bit too good).

Don't use windows to update it, use HPs website and download it from there.  I don't think I've ever had windows able to update a driver and always had to pull it from the manufacturer website. 

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I cannot access it in any way, not using my computer, nor my father's (also running 7).  assuming I can someday, I intend to format it. 

 

I have not yet tried installing it as the only hard drive.  I'm just not sure what all that would do. 

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My son gets used hand-me-down computers, he takes them apart, swaps parts, gets them running again, as a hobby. I had him read through this and he says without his hands on it.......he doesn't know. 

 

For me, when one dies as it did a few weeks ago, I just get another new one. My Dell cost me $330 and for what I do with it, it's fine. Forums, parts search, managing images, learning to edit vids, streaming radio and news and vids......etc.

 

We have a couple of laptops in the house, I'm never the destructive type but I could put bullet holes in those F'ing things. Never understood the attraction. 

 

I have no idea why you guys are reluctant to use Windows 10, much more intuitive. 

 

Don't know why your're doing what your're doing............ain't worth the hassle. 

 

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If you go into the bios does it show up?  I imagine it would since you found it recognized in windows but I'm curious if the mobo actually recognizes it as a drive, boot drive, or if it recognizes the full capacity or just a partition. 

 

If the HP SATA controller drivers don't work, it's possible either the drive is dead or just won't work with windows 7 for some reason. 

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10 minutes ago, Jeep Driver said:

I have no idea why you guys are reluctant to use Windows 10,

 

 

my feisty, rebellious spirit?  :D 

 

honestly, this particular Tosh harddrive is the only hiccup and if it never ever works, I'll be fine (used 500gb drives are only ~$20).  oh, that and the capslock button on this keyboard.  for some reason I now hit it a lot. :dunno:  I'll give it another week and if my brain hasn't acclimated to it, I'm just going to rip it off the board.  :type:

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well, I already knew I was pushing the limits of my knowledge and have now proved that by somehow disabling my wifi in the bios.  :doh:  I managed to undo the damage but clearly a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. :D 

 

going to need a bit more step-by-step on using the bios to find the info you desire.  :( 

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1 hour ago, Pete M said:

clearly a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. :D

 

I know that feeling well :beerbang:  My Lenovo with Win7 kept trying to update to Win10 and nothing else.  I let it do it once and decided I hated it and used the uninstall function on the install.  It kept trying to install Win10 so I looked up some solution on the interwebs.  It now stops trying to download 10 but it also won't update anything at all and I can't remember what exactly I did.  I then left it unplugged for a few months and now the battery won't charge either.  I could get a new battery but still not sure if I could fix the problem.  Reformatting doesn't seem to be an option and the discs I supposedly have somewhere for taking it back to the original state seem to have gone missing in my recent moves, if I had them at all.  Oy vey, eh?  I'm off to do some electronics repair on my subwoofer.  We'll see if that goes any better :holdwrench:

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