Old Hard drives and Win 98

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From: xtra
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 00:00

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Can anybody tell me if they know how to fix  win98 from detecting a type 80
drive when it set in bios as a type 46(user)
It only a 426meg samsung drive i use for games
But Win 98 Uses it when i do installs and it doesnt access the drive
properly and tends to lock up.

Please email me at spcook@xtra.co.nz
Thanks in advance.

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From: "xtra" <spcook@xtra.co.nz>
Subject: Old Hard drives and Win 98
Date: 1998/11/18
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