Re: Zeos:32 Bit Disk Driver Error

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From: TomKnott
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 11:45

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On 23 Mar 1995, Roger F. Halpin wrote:

> 
> I just had a 1 Gig Western Digital disk installed. When I invoke Windows, 
> I receive the following message:
> 
> QUOTE
> 
> The Microsoft Windows 32-bit disk driver (WDCTRL) cannot be loaded. There 
> is unrecognizable disk software installed on this computer.
> 
There's a great article (Getting the System Right, p.264) in the April 
edition of Windows Magazine that addresses this problem. It seems Windows 
takes a conservative approach to hardware recognition and disables 32 bit 
access if it gets confused.

Take a look.

tk

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