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Article #23Re: Adding SCSI to IDE and Win 95 please help me!!!!
From: AJ
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 11:35
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 11:35
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samham@ix.netcom.com (Mr.Potatohead) wrote: >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. > I think that the next thing you have to do is go into Win95 Control Panel utilities and find "Add or Remove Hardware" follow instructions and your harddrive will accessible - especially if the SCSI BIOS has found the hardrive. If your SCSI is known to Win95 it's drivers may have come with your OS. Good Luck
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!newsadm From: AJ <AJGroos@worldnet.att.net> 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: 17 Apr 1996 11:35:53 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Message-ID: <4l2l2p$88a@mtinsc01-mgt.ops.worldnet.att.net> References: <4kncar$6v7@voyager.iii.org.tw> <4ktlj8$m9o@dfw-ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 172.middletown-3.va.dial-access.att.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22ATT (Windows; U; 16bit)