Im lookig for a few pointers to start me off. Google has let

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Anonymous 2016-07-04 17:15:37 Post No. 1017879 [Report]

Im lookig for a few pointers to start me off. Google has let me down.
Ive got this old PC which had a failed Hard drive. I want to put an old blank HDD in and install a lynux system. Thing is the bios dosent recognise the hard drive. Any tips, or ideas folks?

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Anonymous 2016-07-04 17:22:26 Post No.1017881
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Anonymous 2016-07-04 17:22:26 Post No.1017881 [Report]

>>1017879
check connectors

does it spin up at all? if not, it's power, if yes, it's mb

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Anonymous 2016-07-04 17:22:52 Post No.1017882
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Anonymous 2016-07-04 17:22:52 Post No.1017882 [Report]

>>1017879
what do you mean 'doesn't recognize'?

it never shows up in the bios? is it IDE or SATA? is the IDE or SATA controller enabled? do you know for sure the old blank hdd works?

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Anonymous 2016-07-04 17:49:20 Post No.1017891
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Anonymous 2016-07-04 17:49:20 Post No.1017891 [Report]

>>1017882
they work in an external reader on another pc. Theyre sata

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Anonymous 2016-07-04 18:39:19 Post No.1017911
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Anonymous 2016-07-04 18:39:19 Post No.1017911 [Report]

nevermind. It just worked first go now. Id been trying this before and ubuntu would install but then it wouldnt run one installation media was removed. It just worked this time though

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Anonymous 2016-07-04 18:42:16 Post No.1017913
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Anonymous 2016-07-04 18:42:16 Post No.1017913 [Report]

>>1017911
Retries are a good thing when doing installs, as is having a variety of different distros when fucking with older hardware. Some install, some don't.

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Anonymous 2016-07-04 19:20:20 Post No.1017938
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Anonymous 2016-07-04 19:20:20 Post No.1017938 [Report]

>>1017911
Ubuntu probably installed the bootloader on the USB drive.