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06-01-1999, 01:53 AM
My BIOS (HP Pavilion 6370Z) currently have these settings:
Primary Master IDE: HDD
Primary Slave: Zip 100MB
Secondary Master IDE: CDROM
Secondary Slave: CDROM-RW
My zip WAS the secondary slave. I had to switch it with the CDROM-RW to make the CDROM-RW work with Exec Backup 98 (but that's a different story).
When I booted for the first time with the above configuration, Windows 98 assigned my Zip drive as drive B: (with a floppy icon).
I set my BIOS to make the Zip disk be a 'Fixed' drive. That made Windows 98 assign a drive D: to my Zip (which is what I want). When I use Windows Explorer I still see a 3 1/2" floppy icon as drive D: With Iomega tools software installed:-
When I open My Computer folder, the blue Zip icon appears but with a description of 3 1/2" floppy. The Windows Explorer still shows drive D: with a floppy icon.
I could live with the 3 1/2" floppy icon if it weren't for the other problems. Sometimes, when I insert a Zip disk, I get the Windows floppy not initialize dialog box. It wants to initialize it as a floppy. This happens even when I know the Zip disk has already been initialized (prior to all these problems).
Now, I have uninstalled Iomega tools. This allows me to access my zip disks fine. But I need to get rid of the floppy icon and I want to reinstall the Iomega tools again. Because drive D: is somehow associated as a floppy Iomega tools software does not let me view/use my zip disks period.
I have all the latest critical windows 98 updates installed.
How do I get rid of the 3 1/2" floppy icon attached to my Zip?
I have the ability to change the windows registry using Norton Registry editor. So, I can do that if that's what it takes, however, I don't know what to change in the registry.
Help!
Primary Master IDE: HDD
Primary Slave: Zip 100MB
Secondary Master IDE: CDROM
Secondary Slave: CDROM-RW
My zip WAS the secondary slave. I had to switch it with the CDROM-RW to make the CDROM-RW work with Exec Backup 98 (but that's a different story).
When I booted for the first time with the above configuration, Windows 98 assigned my Zip drive as drive B: (with a floppy icon).
I set my BIOS to make the Zip disk be a 'Fixed' drive. That made Windows 98 assign a drive D: to my Zip (which is what I want). When I use Windows Explorer I still see a 3 1/2" floppy icon as drive D: With Iomega tools software installed:-
When I open My Computer folder, the blue Zip icon appears but with a description of 3 1/2" floppy. The Windows Explorer still shows drive D: with a floppy icon.
I could live with the 3 1/2" floppy icon if it weren't for the other problems. Sometimes, when I insert a Zip disk, I get the Windows floppy not initialize dialog box. It wants to initialize it as a floppy. This happens even when I know the Zip disk has already been initialized (prior to all these problems).
Now, I have uninstalled Iomega tools. This allows me to access my zip disks fine. But I need to get rid of the floppy icon and I want to reinstall the Iomega tools again. Because drive D: is somehow associated as a floppy Iomega tools software does not let me view/use my zip disks period.
I have all the latest critical windows 98 updates installed.
How do I get rid of the 3 1/2" floppy icon attached to my Zip?
I have the ability to change the windows registry using Norton Registry editor. So, I can do that if that's what it takes, however, I don't know what to change in the registry.
Help!