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Dave, Thanks - I won't try it before confirming. I'll research it to be sure before trying it. Rick On 10/13/05, daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > the bios thing could cause a problem, but i think that should be > > picked up on first boot - I had no problems putting the brand new > > drive as the master on the old pc, so I would hope the newer one > > should recognize it. > > I don't mean that the PC won't recognize it I mean that it might be > interpreted slightly differently from PC to PC. The number of heads, > cylinders, sectors, tracks, etc. might calculate a different drive > capacity. I don't know if that would impact the boot sector at all. You > would probably be safe. It's kind of like putting on a clean pair of > underwear in the morning. You may not *need* to do it but you feel better > knowing that you did. <g> > > > Dave Parnin > -- > Nishikawa Standard Company > Topeka, IN 46571 > daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > This is the PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users (PcTech) mailing list > To post a message email: PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/pctech > or email: PcTech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech. >
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