I have a Snap Server which is close to 10 years old. Inside the Snap Server are two Quantum Fireball CX 3.5 Series drives. How do I tell the size of these drives?

You just need a usb to ide adapter. They are fairly inexpensive. Look on amazon or ebay.

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as I stated in my first thread , no firmware or drivers
needed for internal HDD , and remember Windows
uses an allocated partition of 8 gigabytes for the OS
which will only leave 5 gigabytes left on a 13 gigabyte
HDD , and for solid state HDD , the only difference is
solid state has no moving parts , there are trying to impress us with technology that is over 35 yrs old
like a calculator other than its buttons its solid state

no not almost any but most. you may have to move the jumper around to trick the unit but most fireballs are compatible with most units.

Here is a picture I found that shows the jumper settings for:
Quantum Fireball CR
Quantum Fireball CX
Quantum Fireball EL
Quantum Fireball EX
Quantum Fireball LCT08
Quantum Fireball LCT10
Quantum Fireball LCT15
Quantum Fireball Plus KA
Quantum Fireball Plus KX
Quantum Fireball SE
Quantum Fireball ST
Quantum Fireball LM
Quantum Fireball AS

http://www.tacktech.com/images/articles/379/mxo_ata_jumpers_2.png

you cannot up grade from win 98 to win 2000
There is too big a gap in technology to allow it to happen
you have to remove the win 98 operating system and install the win 2000 operating system
That basically means re-formatting the hard drive so save all files and folders to an external storage facility
once you install win 2000 the driver will be installed automatically

If you need drivers for a product, you have to visit the web site of the manufacture. clik on support then locate or type the specific device or product model in the search box and download the drivers. www. quantumfireball.com

on the hard drive there is always information abt.the hard drive so i will advice you to setup the hard drive manually and if symptoms still persist a new hard drive will hav to come in

The specifications to enter the information manually, are on top of the harddrive. Kind of hard to discern, huh? That's because harddrive sizes from 6.4GB through 20.4GB are listed on top.
C/H/S = Cylinders/Heads/Sectors
The Quantum Fireball CX10A011 hardrive is a 10.2GB harddrive.
You will see -> C/H/S....10.2 - 16383/16/63 on top.

That is ,
16,383 Cylinders
16 Heads
63 Sectors

As for the 40GB model, it should be similar. If not, come back and post.

That is a 10GB hard drive. You don't need any special drivers to use it unless your computer is extremely old.