[ale] can't install windows on ST3000DM001

[Paul Cartwright]

On 08/03/2015 04:17 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-08-03 at 16:01 -0400, Paul Cartwright wrote:
>> On 08/03/2015 03:55 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>> I'd almost put money on it either being 32-bit winders doesn't like
>>> that spiffy new big drive or 64-bit OS and needs UEFI turned on.
>>>
>> it is 64-bit.. so are you saying if I installed 32 bit windows it
>> would work?
>
> Nope. 32-bit wouldn't like the larger than 2TB drive.
I just rebooted, and I could find no mention of UEFI in the BIOS setup...

>>
>> UEFI, yeah, I am sure it is setup legacy.. remember this is a 2010
>> CPU... if I turn that on, will I still be able to use grub & linux?
>
> You _can_ use UEFI with Linux. It just takes more "stuff".  The magic
> seems to be to create a /biosboot partition of 1MB (in Fedora 22) and
> it all just works.
not sure if I have UEFI..
>>
>>> Either way, I'd throw winders in a VM so I could have a "works"
>>> snapshot to fall back on.
>>>
>> I have W* 10 in a vm now.. used it for turbo tax back in Feb..
>> that's...about...all... I ever need windows for.. I used to use
>> Quickbooks when I was a contractor, but I stopped doing that way back
>> in 2011.. now I R retired & on SSN :) YAY!!!
>
> Deadbeat slacker livin' on the public dole... :-)
um, I paid in to that scam of a fund for 40+ years..

>
> I've begun to consider life after retirement. That would require that
> I actually retire. I get up tired nearly every morning. Doesn't that
> count?
yup!
>>
>>
>>> On August 3, 2015 3:28:41 PM EDT, Paul Cartwright
>>> <pbcartwright at gmail.com> <mailto:pbcartwright at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> ok, I have an older DELL XPS desktop, from about 2011. It originally had
>>>> a 1TB drive in it. I added a 2nd drive to insstall linux on, multiple
>>>> linux OSes... it was dual-boot windows 7 & linux, worked fine.. THEN
>>>> finally I was getting HD errors on the original drive, so I replaced it
>>>> with a nice big Seagate ST3000DM001 . couldn't install windows, didn't
>>>> recognize the drive.. oh well.. I installed windows 10 preview in a VM,
>>>> added my programs, kept on truckin. I REALLY want to be able to
>>>> dual-boot this thing with windows 10, and I even have my MS windows 7
>>>> product key, so I am legal, I just CAN'T get this thing to install
>>>> windows into the drive!!! grub works, and I even have ubuntu on the
>>>> drive & it boots /dev/sda5 ubuntu just fine, but the windows 7 & 10 CDs
>>>> puke, can't find a drive to install to. Is there an issue with a 3TB
>>>> drive in this??
>>>> it is an AMD processor, 64 bit, not inte
>>>>  ll..
>>>> dell shows in delivered feb
>>>> 2011..
>>>>
>>>> advice?
>>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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>> Paul Cartwright
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