Harddrive replacement ?

[AE1RSM]

If I replace a harddrive that has crapped out, do I have to have a BIOS disk to reload? Got the OS original and everything else but BIOS. Do I have to have it? Can I just install the new harddrive and reinstall the OS and be good? Isn't BIOS stored in the RAM?

 

[Verrona]

All u need is a boot disk if u r going 2 install Windows again on another hdd. The BIOS isn't stored in the RAM,it is stored in the ROM chip. The BIOS cannot b removed, but only read.

U can set the BIOS 2 boot from CD, that mite make ur life easier.

 

[AE1RSM]

The computer is an old gateway, will the restore disk be the boot disk?

 

[AE1RSM]

Can I just install the new harddrive and reinstall the OS and be good?

 

[Cromewell]

Can I just install the new harddrive and reinstall the OS and be good

yes should work, but you will probably need to find some drivers.

will the restore disk be the boot disk

yes