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| Thread ID: 10140 | 2001-07-07 08:01:00 | WIN 98 not recognising cd-writer or dvd-rom | Guest (0) | Press F1 |
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| 15158 | 2001-07-07 08:01:00 | both drives are recognised on start-up (after memory test) - so i believe the BIOS settings are pretty much ok (?). After 98 starts i can't access either drives, my jaz drive is recognised ok, and my hard drive. Speaking of which, under System Properties|Performance the statement 'Compatibility-mode paging reduces overall system performance.' and 'Drive C is using MS-DOS compatibility mode file system.' Under Device Manager the hard disk controller doesn't show any exclamation marks!!!! Noticed this after recently installing Norton Anti-Virus. Widows 98 SE 4.10.2222A is me OS. The file/driver(?) is Esdi_506.pdr is sitting in the directory windows\system\iosubsys\ (version 4.10.2222) and another version (4.00.1111) in my cd-writer directory. the 'Disable all 32-bit protected-mode disk drivers' check box has not been selected on the Troubleshooting tab in File System properties. How do i fix this; force 98 into protected mode?, both the autoexec.bat file and the config.sys files are EMPTY. A search of the registry shows no results for NOIDE. Can i force the hard disk controller to use the Esdi_506.pdr file/driver? HELP cheers |
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| 15159 | 2001-07-09 22:54:00 | What is your PC?? Search the microsoft faqs to do with MS-DOS compatibility mode, I spent 2 days trying to figure out the same problem only to change the hard drive identification in bios to LBA and everything worked fine. |
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