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    DV4000 Hard Drive Upgrade Problem

    Discussion in 'HP' started by badhobbit, Jan 19, 2008.

  1. badhobbit

    badhobbit Newbie

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    Hi:

    I'm attempting to upgrade the hard drive in my DV4040 from 100GB to 160GB. The new drive is a Samsung H160HC PATA.

    With the new drive installed I begin installing Windows XP home and got to the point where it re-booted after the "File-Copy" portion of the setup and I then received a message " Error Loading Operating System".

    Microsoft help and support site says that this can happen if the BIOS does not support the hard drive capacity and suggested upgrading the BIOS. I did that and am at F.17 but the problem remains.

    Does anyone know if F.17 supports 160GB capacity and if not is there a later BIOS update that does?

    Any suggestions are welcome!

    Thanks
     
    badhobbit, Jan 19, 2008
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    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    Does your WinXP install disc have SP2 integrated? If not, that's (probably) your problem. You can use nLite to automate the integration of SP2 into an older WinXP distribution.
     
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  3. badhobbit

    badhobbit Newbie

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    Yes, my install disk is XP Home SP2.

    If anyone is running a 160GB drive or larger on a DV4000, I would appreciate knowing what BIOS rev you are running.

    I have seen references to a F.26 and F.27 BIOS while doing searches but the HP website shows on only the F.17 for this notebook.

    Thanks
     
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    badhobbit Newbie

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    I decided to try to split the drive into 2 logical partitions and that appears to have done the trick. I split the 160GB up into 2X80GB partitions and re-installed Widows. It booted from the hard drive immediately after the "file copy" phase and is working fine now.

    So, I guess the BIOS (or Windows)was complaining about the logical HDD size rather than the physical.

    Thanks to all who read and posted.

    Irv
     
    badhobbit, Jan 20, 2008
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