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‎04-23-2025 11:59 PM

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Hard drive dead. Bought new drive & OS. Need info on motherboard settings to setup hard drive properly. Have new sata drive, but, bios list drive setup choices i don’t know. A manual would be good, comments welcome too! Thanks, Gary

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‎04-24-2025 05:22 AM - edited ‎04-24-2025 05:24 AM

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According to what I could find for that PC, it can use a SATA hard drive.  I TB drives are relatively inexpensive and should work nicely.  It had Windows 8 installed when new but you can use Windows 10, also, if you no longer have the Recovery media.

Use the link below to make the install Media and then install Windows on the new drive.  You do not mention what OS you bought.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 


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‎04-24-2025 05:22 AM - edited ‎04-24-2025 05:24 AM

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According to what I could find for that PC, it can use a SATA hard drive.  I TB drives are relatively inexpensive and should work nicely.  It had Windows 8 installed when new but you can use Windows 10, also, if you no longer have the Recovery media.

Use the link below to make the install Media and then install Windows on the new drive.  You do not mention what OS you bought.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10

 


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‎04-24-2025 05:40 AM

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Greetings Gary,

 

I found some HP h8-1534 specs at this Site. I could not locate a detailed user manual.

 

The PC shipped with a 1.5 TB HDD.

 

You should be able to install the new 3.5 inch HDD or a 2.5 inch SATA SSD in the case.

 

The BIOS defaults for the new storage drive should be okay as is. You want AHCI in the BIOS Storage menu.

 

What version of Windows did you buy? W11 would introduce some roadblocks since your PC would not meet W11 requirements.

 

You should be able to boot the h8-1543 to the Windows USB installer and follow prompts to install the operating system.

 

Tap "ESC" at startup. Then select "F9".

 

Select the bootable USB drive to start Windows setup.

 

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‎04-27-2025 01:43 PM

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Hi, thanks for reply but its the motherboard’s drive controller that went bad. Hard drive is bad now also. Got a new hard drive already just have to find a new motherboard or a comparable replacement. I purchasec it with windows 8 & upgraded to 10. It worked fine until 1 day got bizarre error codes, & then it wouldn’t reboot.  my first time in over 30 yrs that I had a hard drive go bad, let alone have a motherboard go bad. Such is life. Will keep looking for a replacement motherboard that’s affordable. Thanks again for your reply. Take care.  Gary

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‎04-27-2025 01:48 PM

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Thanks! I have a new drive, but it is the drive controller on the motherboard that is bad. I am still looking for a suitable replacement motherboard. Once i do, i guess i’ll have to install windiws 8, then upgrade it. I miss the old days where you could install any OS. Thanks, Gary

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