can a bios not be able to read a fat16 or fat32 formatted hard disk?
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the bios does't read the type of partition it anly reads the capacity space and the harware specification such as (cylinders, hesds, disks) etc...\nThe problem comes fro you hard disk device.\nTri to se him as master by changing the Jumper orientation (that is placed in on the back of the hard drive)\nGood Luck ;)\nohhh\ni forgot\nIf you need help ar online suport visit me at the ID SILVER_CRISS
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Hi Nic,\n\n       Basically there is one hard disk password in BIOS/CMOS you have to call your computer technician or if you know then clear your BIOS/CMOS jumper settings it will restore your BIOS in company default so if the password is maid from BIOS it will be clear.\n\nKrutarth
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Your motherboard may not support this large of a hard drive.  I imagine that it's like 4 heads, 2 platters, 16000 cylinders or something.  Usually, there are three ways around this:  first, look on the drive and see if there's an alternate way that the master/slave jumpers can be set so that it recognizes the drive as a different configuration (it will identify itself as 16 heads, 8 platters, 4000 cylinders, or something like that, that the motherboard can deal with), and maybe your motherboard will read it then.  Second, when your motherboard auto-detects the drive, there are usually a few different choices for its configuration.  Try selecting a different option with the same size (it will do the multiple-head fake-out in the BIOS without any hardware changes).  Third, go on the Internet and see if there are any BIOS upgrades that will make the board work better with large drives.
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I would check the HD in another system and the IDE or SATA wire.\n\nYou can buy another control card that plugs into a PCI slot, it might even be faster.
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No Not At All Even If Hard Disk Is Not\nInstalled There The MotherBoard Will Keep Movin.
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I am not certain that the trouble is the hard drive format. Whether you format a drive in FAT or NTFS, it will not cause the drive to be reported incorrectly. That is almost always caused by the BIOS or operating system misreporting the size of the drives. \n\nOlder motherboards, and older operating systems, had drive size limitations, they can't recognize drives over a certain size. \n\nYou should check the BIOS to see how it is reporting the drive sizes and go from there. Here is a good story on FAT and NTFS.\nhttp://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/l0606/16l06/16l06.asp\n\n\nIf you are still hoping to convert your hard drive to NTFS, here is some help from Microsoft:\nhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881/
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Check the Fn key in your keybaord, as I remember it was Fn+F5, Fn+F6\n\nAny way\n\nIt could be disabled in bios software.
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make sure it's properly connected to the motherboard [data cable alignment is ok and power is connected], also make sure it's not disabled through your operating system or the system's BIOS
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Shut it completely off and unplug it from the wall.  Open the case so you can see the motherboard.  Look for a silver battery on the motherboard (about 1 inch diameter or smaller).  Somewhere close to the battery, you will see a jumper (also known as a link setting).  \n\nThis is the CMOS jumper, and it will be positioned on 2 of the 3 available pins.  Remove it from the the 2 pins on one side (could be on pins 1 and 2 or on 3 and 4...doesn't matter) and place it on the other end (pin 2 will be used on both settings, only 1 and 3 will change).  Let it sit for 10 seconds, then return it to the position it was in when you found it.\n\nReplace the cover and plug it back into the wall.  Turn on the computer and let it try to boot up.  If it works, cool, you've fixed it.  If you get the same error, you need to reboot and this time when it starts up press whatever key you need to get into the Bios (could be delete or F8 or F12, whatever).\n\nOnce in the Bios, make it search for you fixed disk drives...it should come up with each drive and how big they are.  If it finds all the installed drives, great!  Hit Save And Exit and allow it to reboot.  If it still comes up with that error, you may have a corrupted drive...it's now time to call in the professionals.\n\nI hope this helps!
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Your BIOS must support booting from USB devices.  On system startup you need to get into your BIOS (usually F2 - check manufacturer's specification), and find where you can specify the boot order.  Select a low-numbered boot order item, and set it to USB-HDD (if availble, otherwise another USB option).  This may require several attempts until the right device option is found.\n\nSince most USB drives are ATAPI-compliant, your BIOS should detect it as if it were an external USB hard drive.\n\nJust make sure you specify a boot order BEFORE your internal hard drive (usually HDD, or IDE0), otherwise your system will always boot to the hard drive.\n\nAlso, you need to format the USB drive as a bootable drive.  If you can get the system to boot from a DOS, Windows or Linux floppy disk, you can try installing DOS, Windows 95/98, or Linux (Win2000, and WinXP require more than 256Mb for sytem files).  Your system will likely assign the USB drive as the C:&#92; drive (MAKE SURE THIS IS THE CASE BEFORE FORMATTING!!!).\n\nKeep in mind that most USB drives are slower than hard drives, so performance may not be up to par.  The newer "high-speed" drives are faster, but not comparable to a real hard drive.\n\nIf no options work, your Micro Valut may not be ATAPI-compliant, or it's USB-HDD firmware may not be compatible with your system.  I had this happen with a SanDisk Cruzer mini, but a PNY Attache worked.\n\nIf I may make one suggestion as well...make a bootable CD with your images instead.  CD's are much more rugged, and cannot be accidentally erased.  Duplicates are EXTREMELY cheaper (about 5 cents vs. $20) than the USB drive solution.  Many more BIOS' support booting from CD (for about 10 years now), so compatibility is usually not an issue.  All of the commercial CD-burning packages (including most of the LITE versions) support making bootable CD's.  The only trick is to make a bootable floppy that it can use to create the boot image on the CD.
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go to bios and check the memory (ram) and \n\nfloppy drive conection to you mother board...
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you should modify some feature in your bios setup\nand if you're not an expert, i suggest dont to that alone
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Try going into your bios and formating the hard drive. You can't format it from windows because the hard drive has files that windows needs to be able to run. if you can boot your computer in dos, type in format and confirm. that should work. If not you can take out your hard drive and hook it into another computer. Format it from that computer.
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If you can format 128Gb, your BIOS likely already supports LBA (Large Block Addressing).\n\nSounds more like you are trying to format it using FAT32.  FAT32 only partitions/formats up to 128Gb.  NTFS will handle up to 1.6Tb, so if you're using Win2000 or WinXP, use NTFS.  Otherwise (as already suggested), you'll need to partitioning.
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It's possible that a setting in your BIOS is preventing you from being able to write to your floppy disk drive.\nIf you know what the BIOS is, get in there and see if it's set so you can't write to your floppy drive.\nIf you're thinking ??BIOS??, then contact your PC manufacturer or a techie friend (!) and get them to check.\nSee the link below for tips on getting into your BIOS.
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Hi my friend .For that u must insert the disk into the floppy and change the properties of bios . in start up press DEl key to inter setup and find boot  from floppy disc set this and save changes .if u had problems more email me!!
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If your system is not able to read your device, you should proably sue the CD rom provided by Creative, plug the hardware right and use the manual for further instructions. As for a BIOS upgrade you can try this URL \nwww.award-bios.com\nwww.abit-usa.com/products/mb/bios.php?catergories=1&model=6\nsearch the same website for Motherboards.\n\nGood luck!