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Lars Christiansen wrote:

> Heya
>
> I have a huge problem, and I hope some of you guys can help.
> I run win98 and windows NT Server 4.0 in a dual-boot system on a P233mmx
> with 128 sd-ram(intel 430 tx chipset).
> Last day i bought an IBM 16GP Deskstar with 7200 rpm, but now I suddenly
> realised, after atempting to install NT Server five times, that the eventlog
> was bitching about an atapi-driver. I cannot format my drives completely,
> but can only choose "Quick format" on the drives, and when I attempt to
> format the partitions completely, the task cannot be completed Windows says.
> The Error-message i get in the evenwiever is like this:
>
> "The driver has detected that device \Device\ScsiPort0 has old or
> out-of-date firmware. Reduced performance may result."
>
> I don't believe that my brand new Harddisk has an old firmware or something
> like that, but I really don't trust the "Quick formats" - Can I trust them,
> or should I just format from eg. Partition Magic?
> - Or is there a solution to my problem with the atapi-driver? Can it be
> replaced, or do I have to live with an insecure filesystem?
>
> By the way - I'm running with SP3...
> Does SP5 fix this problem?
>
> Any help would be much appreciated and feel free to write me personally if
> you have a solution.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lars Christiansen
> Aalborg, Denmark

Hi,

I believe you need the updated atapi driver to handle large disks.  It should be
available on the MS web site.


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