If you changed the type of H D you may have to change it in the BIOS.
BIOS is easy, you will use your up and down arrows to highlight and hit enter to access or use the left and right arrows to select and make your change then exit out with the Save and Exit Highlighted.
IDE has a different connector than SATA and transfers data at a slower rate. The IDE connector is usually grey then and something like 36 pins and a ribbon cable whereas SATA is a small black connector with 6 or 8 pins if I remember right, has faster transfer rates and plugs in completely different. The bios shouldn't have changed and if its the same HD it is a mystery to me. Glad it worked out though congrats.
IDE has a different connector than SATA and transfers data at a slower rate. The IDE connector is usually grey then and something like 36 pins and a ribbon cable whereas SATA is a small black connector with 6 or 8 pins if I remember right, has faster transfer rates and plugs in completely different. The bios shouldn't have changed and if its the same HD it is a mystery to me. Glad it worked out though congrats.
Ditto what Marlin said, I'm also stumped. < scratches head > Something doesn't seem right there...Man the Tech Bunny alert signal!
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It's a laptop, right? Just how old IS this laptop? I mean, I guess...at one time..they had IDE laptop drives. Didn't the box for the HD say you were buying a 2.5 SATA drive? I am confused too.
IDE has a different connector than SATA and transfers data at a slower rate. The IDE connector is usually grey then and something like 36 pins and a ribbon cable whereas SATA is a small black connector with 6 or 8 pins if I remember right, has faster transfer rates and plugs in completely different. The bios shouldn't have changed and if its the same HD it is a mystery to me. Glad it worked out though congrats.
Ditto what Marlin said, I'm also stumped. < scratches head > Something doesn't seem right there...Man the Tech Bunny alert signal!
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It's a laptop, right? Just how old IS this laptop? I mean, I guess...at one time..they had IDE laptop drives. Didn't the box for the HD say you were buying a 2.5 SATA drive? I am confused too.
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The one thing I read when searching for an answer was several comments about an older computer and new hard drive
Some even mentioned changing the BIOS settings back once they got Vista working but I don't know about that just yet...LOL
If the H D you bought was a SATA then Yes change the BIOS back after you're up and running. You'll be losing all the Performance this drive has to offer if you don't.
Hell, if you get a Black Screen again, Just Change The BIOS Settings Back To IDE.
I'm still a bit lost on how changing BIOS to IDE worked in the first place. Technically, you were telling it you had a ribbon style connector on the hard drive for what IDE is compared to the small SATA data plug.
Then again, that is NOT old. It should have auto-detected the drive and not required a change in BIOS at all.
Whatever works tho....if its reading and installing?
You can dual boot windows and linux with usually no problems, but be sure to load windows first. There are dozens of tutorials online to follow.
Yup, installing Linux first and then Windows can allow Windows to muck up the grub bootloader. When you install Linux last, the bootloader works, but if you don't choose Windows at boot for whatever reason (like away from the computer while it's booting), it boots straight into Linux. if you would prefer Windows as the auto boot option, you can edit the Grub list with a program called "Grub Customizer 2.1". You just run that in Linux and shove Windows to the top of the list.