Drive C and D using MS-DOS compatibility mode file system,hard drive not showing in device manager,but shows up is safe mode device manager. Primary ide controller(dual fifo)in device manager says the device is either not present,not working properly or does not have all the drivers installed.I went into device manager and brought up properties on this device,and clicked on update driver,it said the best driver was already installed on this device???? I would appreciate any help on solving this problem Thanks new member---Delbert
check in your BIOS, if its not recognised there as well then you might need a BIOS update...... but be careful while doing that, failing in completing this process will make your motherboard useless. If its recognised in BIOS, you might need to intialise your disk from disk management.
but checking in th BIOS for your HDD is a good idea you don't need to initilise your drive in Win98 SE, and before you do a BIOS upgrade i would try a BIOS reset, btw are you using FAT or FAT32 (how big is your Win98 SE partition) something else to try, boot safe mode, open device manager and remove all duplicate enteys (you will not be able to remove the dual fifo devices) then reboot and your pc will redetect everything, now all should be ok. another way to check your HDD in BIOS is to press <Pause / Break> straight after POST beep then look for devices in the IDE section, <space bar> to continue another thing, how many HDD's are you using another thing that causes drives to use MS-DOS mode compatability is a command in config.sys or win.ini / system.ini
I tried out the suggestions to no avail,I am sending more information on my system. windows 98se disk drive--st34313a capacity--4.33GB speed----5400rpm Partitions: C: (FAT32) 3123 MB (561 MB free) D: (FAT32) 994 MB (376 MB free) Total Size 4117 MB (937 MB free) device manager states that drive C and D are using MS-DOS compatibility mode file system and it will reduce overall system performance. this device is not working properly because the Primary IDE controller(dualfifo) has been dynamically disabled???????? I hope this information will help in solving this problem THANKS--Delbert
first try this right, locate the Tools\Mtsutil folder on the Win98 CD, right-click the file Noide.inf, and then select Install this deletes the registry value HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\IOS\NOIDE then reboot then try this oh one other thing, make a win98 boot disc, boot from this disc and at command prompt type C: path=C:/Windows;C:/Windows/Command fdisk /mbr sys a: c: this replaces the Master Boot Record, because a corrupt MBR can cause a HDD to use DOS Compatability then remove boot floppy and reboot, then all should be ok
CONFIG.SYS [menu] menuitem=CD, Start computer with CD-ROM support. menuitem=NOCD, Start computer without CD-ROM support. menuitem=HELP, View the Help file. menudefault=CD,30 menucolor=7,0 [CD] device=himem.sys /testmemff device=oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001 device=btdosm.sys device=flashpt.sys device=btcdrom.sys /D:mscd001 device=aspi2dos.sys device=aspi8dos.sys device=aspi4dos.sys device=aspi8u2.sys device=aspicd.sys /D:mscd001 [NOCD] device=himem.sys /testmemff [HELP] device=himem.sys /testmemff [COMMON] files=10 buffers=10 dos=high,umb stacks=9,256 devicehigh=ramdrive.sys /E 2048 lastdrive=z SYSTEM.INI boot] oemfonts.fon=vgaoem.fon shell=Explorer.exe system.drv=system.drv drivers=mmsystem.dll power.drv user.exe=user.exe gdi.exe=gdi.exe sound.drv=mmsound.drv dibeng.drv=dibeng.dll comm.drv=comm.drv mouse.drv=mouse.drv keyboard.drv=keyboard.drv *DisplayFallback=0 fonts.fon=vgasys.fon fixedfon.fon=vgafix.fon 386Grabber=vgafull.3gr display.drv=pnpdrvr.drv [keyboard] keyboard.dll= oemansi.bin= subtype= type=4 [boot.description] system.drv=Standard PC mouse.drv=Standard mouse keyboard.typ=Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard aspect=100,96,96 display.drv=Diamond Viper V770 for Windows 98 [386Enh] ebios=*ebios woafont=dosapp.fon mouse=*vmouse, msmouse.vxd device=*dynapage device=*vpd device=*int13 device=*enable keyboard=*vkd display=*vdd,*vflatd device=*combuff EMMExclude=C000-CFFF PagingDrive=C: ConservativeSwapfileUsage=0 PageBuffers=24 device=turbovcd.vxd [NonWindowsApp] TTInitialSizes=4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 20 22 [power.drv] [drivers] wavemapper=*.drv MSACM.imaadpcm=*.acm MSACM.msadpcm=*.acm wave=mmsystem.dll midi=mmsystem.dll [iccvid.drv] [mciseq.drv] [mci] cdaudio=mcicda.drv sequencer=mciseq.drv waveaudio=mciwave.drv avivideo=mciavi.drv videodisc=mcipionr.drv vcr=mcivisca.drv MPEGVideo=mciqtz.drv MPEGVideo2=mciqtz.drv [vcache] MinFileCache=4096 MaxFileCache=32768 [Password Lists] DELBERT TALBERT=C:\WINDOWS\DELBERTT.PWL [drivers32] msacm.lhacm=lhacm.acm VIDC.VDOM=vdowave.drv MSACM.imaadpcm=imaadp32.acm MSACM.msadpcm=msadp32.acm MSACM.msgsm610=msgsm32.acm msacm.msg711=msg711.acm MSACM.trspch=tssoft32.acm vidc.CVID=iccvid.dll VIDC.IV31=ir32_32.dll VIDC.IV32=ir32_32.dll vidc.MSVC=msvidc32.dll VIDC.MRLE=msrle32.dll msacm.msg723=msg723.acm vidc.M263=msh263.drv vidc.M261=msh261.drv VIDC.IV50=ir50_32.dll msacm.iac2=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\IAC25_32.AX msacm.l3acm=l3codecx.acm msacm.msaudio1=msaud32.acm msacm.sl_anet=sl_anet.acm VIDC.YUY2=msyuv.dll VIDC.UYVY=msyuv.dll VIDC.YVYU=msyuv.dll [MSNP32] Hope this helps---Delbert
try this, i realised that it was just :swear: about what windows tells you about a problem, sorry for delay hang on, thats a win98 boot disc config.sys just try the above
Thanks a lot Pal,you saved the day,hard disk is now recognized. YOU GUYS ARE GREAT--new member Delbert
