New SSD disk

[Sminkedokka]

I'v got a HP Pavilion zv6100 laptop,and now I'd buyed a new SSd harddisk for it.

When I start up I got a error message at the first site where all the hardware is listed.

The disk is been recognized, but an error 0200 Failure Fixed Disk 0 came up, and a pip noice came too.

When use F1 button , the installation dvd for the new operating system,Linux Mint 12 start installing susessfully.

However , everytime I start the laptop , the same error came up ,and I had to use my installation dvd to help starting up.( in a startmeny I got a choice of boot up from harddisk) then it boot up normally.

My question is if that SSD disk may not been supported by this laptop?

PS. Its a Transcend 32 GB , IDE 2,5 MLC disk.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

I am very surprised that a SSD works at all in a notebook that old.

I would say that you are seeing the best results you are going to see with a SSD in your PC.

Do you have the latest BIOS revision installed?

I doubt that would matter, but who knows?

Paul

[Huffer]

That sort of error is generally specific to the drive...i.e. you may have a bad one. Where did you get it? One does not see too many of the PATA SSD drives around. You might try formatting it to a Linux file system like ext4 or reiser and set up the partitions you want (I would do a "/" partition of say 6 gigs, then a swap equal to the amount of memory on the system and then a "/home" partition for the rest)  while connected to another computer with a usb adapter, and then try installing Linux on it. I would certainly try to run a disk checking utility on it and there are specific SSD tools out there for that purpose.

[Sminkedokka]

Yes, I'v thought about it , but I cant get Bios update in Linux,and windows will not install on this machine. I tryed xp professional, vista and windows 7, and they all came up with same message: couldn't find BOOTMGR.

I guess the cause is my old machine  

[Sminkedokka]

Thanks for the suggestion. Its worth a try, I just need to buy an usb adapter first.
Ps. I ran a disk test and its healthy.