Mlope
12-16-1999, 10:16 PM
My computer tells me that my hard drive is running in "dos compatability mode" & that this is hurting the performance of my computer. It SEEMS slow as sludge.Is there a solution for this??
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scotter
12-16-1999, 10:52 PM
go in to system device manager and delete all your hard drives and ide controlers and then reboot your system do not reboot tillyou have deleted them all from device manager. windows will reinstall all the drives controlers and drivers when it reboots. have your windows disk handy incase it needs anything and that should fix it http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
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Nanonyth
12-17-1999, 01:18 AM
Do you have an Abit BE6 mobo? If so you should install the ATA66 drivers you got with your computer. This will solve your problem.
raz
12-17-1999, 02:55 PM
I had this problem when I installed a new Maxtor drive. Had to uninstall the EZ-BIOS that the installation disk for the drive installed. After that everything was OK.
DavidX
12-17-1999, 06:00 PM
The EZ-BIOS always seems to cause more problems than it fixes. Don't use it!
Mlope~ You may have to install the Bus Master Drivers that probably came on a CD with your motherboard.
Mlope~ You may have to install the Bus Master Drivers that probably came on a CD with your motherboard.
EVGTech
12-18-1999, 01:08 AM
some virus's will do that also. "formA" will do this. man that virus is a pain.
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Mlope
12-18-1999, 10:05 PM
Wow!
Thanks for all the feedback!
I don't think this is a viris as my McAfee is up to date, but the EZ-BIOS bitrings a bell. I used the Western Digital version when I installed my hard drive. Will this version cause trouble too?
Thanks for all the feedback!
I don't think this is a viris as my McAfee is up to date, but the EZ-BIOS bitrings a bell. I used the Western Digital version when I installed my hard drive. Will this version cause trouble too?
Rookie
12-19-1999, 01:58 AM
Just for kicks go into regedit and search for a noide entry. I forget exactly where its supposed to be if its in there, I think its HK LM>system>current control set>services>vxd>ios
I havent done it in awhile so the above might not be accurate- just go to edit and find and search for noide.
If there is a noide entry delete it and reboot.
There is a MS article on this but I lost it on the last reformat reinstall.
This is caused by a MS bus maseter driver that is using *no serialisation*.
There are probably a few other reasons why your hdd would be using dos compability mode,
this is just one of em.
Rookie
I havent done it in awhile so the above might not be accurate- just go to edit and find and search for noide.
If there is a noide entry delete it and reboot.
There is a MS article on this but I lost it on the last reformat reinstall.
This is caused by a MS bus maseter driver that is using *no serialisation*.
There are probably a few other reasons why your hdd would be using dos compability mode,
this is just one of em.
Rookie
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