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Article #20Re: Adding SCSI to IDE and Win 95 please help me!!!!
From: Mr.Potatohead
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:12
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:12
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On Sat, 13 Apr 1996 05:06:31 GMT, jpearson@polarcom.com (Jeremy Pearson) wrote: >Please help me. > >I'm trying to add a SCSI HDD to my current system: > >486 dx2 66 --- Win 95 o/s >540 meg Maxtor IDE HDD (C: drive, and staying that way) > >I have a Rancho Technologies RT1000B SCSI host adaptor and a Fujitsu >1 gig SCSI HDD that I want to add. > >Win 95 does not see either of the SCSI's (adaptor and HDD) > >The SCSI adaptor is seen by the system BIOS at boot up and the drive >is also recognized (SCSI ID 00). > >Add new hardware does not find anything to add. > >I've formatted the SCSI HDD using the disk provided with the SCSI >adaptor card (from DOS) but can not get any further than creating >partitions. I have not been able to assign a drive letter. > >I do not want the SCSI HDD to be the boot drive. > >Any ideas would be most appreciated. > >Thanks, > > >Jeremy Pearson >jpearson@polarcom.com >Whitehorse Yukon Canada Did you try the FDISK utility from a DOS window or booting into DOS mode ? Also you might want to use the Win95 32 bit drivers ( If available). That makes it easy to assign a Drive letter.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!ix.netcom.com!news From: samham@ix.netcom.com (Mr.Potatohead) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95,comp.periphs.scsi,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Subject: Re: Adding SCSI to IDE and Win 95 please help me!!!! Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:12:12 GMT Organization: Couch Potatoes R US Message-ID: <4ktlj8$m9o@dfw-ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> References: <4kncar$6v7@voyager.iii.org.tw> NNTP-Posting-Host: dgr-il3-12.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Mon Apr 15 9:14:00 AM CDT 1996 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99c/32.126