Reply 20 of 37, by jas4500
wrote:Hey, I had one of these Deskpro's, too! Please, don't forget to make a backup of that setup interface!
It's stored on a hidden partition on the original hdd. Somewhere in that BIOS utility is an option to create a backup.
You'll need 2 to 4 blank diskettes for this..
Unfortunately I didn't realize until after the hard drive crash that the BIOs utility was on the hard drive. Is there any way I can download it somewhere and put it on a floppy to get it back and make that partition on a new hard drive?
wrote:Or you can use drive overlay software and use any drive. Phil did a video on this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z15jdZEJiY
Thanks for the suggestion, I do like that idea however will I lose the BIOs utility and the ability to make a partion for it?
edit: I noticed in the video he says that the Seagate overlay software required high resolution, I'm not sure if my graphics controller can do high resolution, but I will test it and see if it works. I think the graphics controller is Compaq Qvision (I think it's Qvision 1024)
2nd edit: I think I will go that route, I know the hard drive tested was 80gb, but it should work on a hard drive that is hundreds of gigabytes like 250gb? The reason I ask is that these seem to be the size range where new hard drives are the cheapest.