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Single ATA Hard drive problem w/ 8790

post #1 of 3
4/1/04 at 11:37am
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Windows 2000 Pro does not recognize my hard drive, it seems no matter what I do. 98 SE will blue screen when it tries to load drivers near the end of its installation. I got FreeBSD on my 8790 just fine, but I need Windows nonetheless, especially at work!

I have a single 60GB 7200rpm drive. My dip switches are in the "down" (off) position ("both of them").

Does anyone have any suggestions?
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post #2 of 3
4/1/04 at 3:43pm

need to use supplied ATA driver

You need to use the supplied ATA drivers in the floppy. To use that you need a usb floppy that works with windows. (Not all usb floppies work with standard windows drivers).
(see related posts http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=20003 and http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=19879)

I talked with Sager and they say that the floppy drive I have does not have it's drivers packaged with the windows installer. They guarantee that the floppy they sell will work.

I have ordered mine from pctorque and will let you know once they arrive and I get a change to try it out
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post #3 of 3
4/4/04 at 9:10pm
The drivers load when the Sager usb floppy drive is used. Sager says some sony drives may work as well.
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