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paderickm
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_ 		20. November 2007 @ 17:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have a WD 80gb hard disc on my computer. I formatted it in the disc management section of Computer management in administrative tools section but i want to be able to install windows xp on to it as it does not recognise it in the setup. Could someone help me please?
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Zer0ink
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_ 		22. November 2007 @ 10:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
place it into master primary cable pinned correctly

use the setup disk that came with the harddrive

drop in the XP disk
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paderickm
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_ 		23. November 2007 @ 17:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i dont have a setup disc as the hard drive is used. would you recommend a partitioning software?
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KiNtArO01
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_ 		24. November 2007 @ 11:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try partition magic
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jony218
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_ 		25. November 2007 @ 03:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try this one it's free. It's very basic but gets the job done

http://partitionlogic.org.uk/
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