From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Fri Aug 27 1999 - 19:21:41 EDT
the 8.1gig drives may have some sort of incompatability with some
thinkpads and win9x..
try updating the bios, update win9x to win98SE, and see if that helps..
NJCC-MAIL wrote:
> Hi All. Recently I bought an IBM 8.1G drive to upgrade my 385XD. All
> has gone well except that Win98 boots to protected mode and therefore
> cannot access the CDROM without the 16 bit drivers loaded(and
> consequently shows short file names). The device manager shows an
> error with the primary IDE controller and bootlog shows that
> ESDI_560.pdr fails to init. I have tried:1. Looking for the infamous
> NOIDE tag in the registry.Not there.2. Removed the drivers and had 98
> reinstall on boot. Same problem.3. Called IBM Hard Drive support who
> said the drive should work.4. Called the vendor I bought it from who
> says it should work.5. Called MS because I saw they have a new
> ESDI_560.pdr available but it will take 3-5 business days for them to
> send it to me and I'm not sure if it will solve the problem.6. Tried
> all manner of partitions including 4, 2G partitions.7. Upgraded to
> FAT32. *NOTE: I set up the new drive with the recover process and with
> a reg Win98 install. Same problem. Has anyone else had this problem?
> What can be done about it? Does anyone have version 4.10.2002 of
> ESDI_560.pdr (as seen in the properties. I have 4.10.1998)? If you
> have the newer version PLEASE feel free to send to me or put on a web
> page. After 20+ hours of playing with this I'm getting VERY
> frustrated. Thanks for any and all assistance. Christopher
> Sinkcsink_at_pluto.njcc.com
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