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Re: setup error - disk i/o

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From: Technocrat
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 00:00

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Sounds like the bios lba mode and the drive overlay software may be
conflicting. Try setting the bios to not use lba mode. Check the Help files
of your overlay software. There may be some setup hints to resolve these
types of conflicts.

Isaac Bull wrote in message <36B56438.DC3B2CE6@uniserve.com>...
>I am currently running a Pentium 120 system with 32 mb ram and a quantum
>540mb ide hard disk (with lba mode - only 32bit capable using qd6580
>drivers) and wfwg 3.11 o/s.  video is ATI Mach64.
>
>I have twice attempted to upgrade to Win95 and received the following
>error (after set up was finished and restarted my computer):
>
>disk i/o error, replace disk and press return
>
>I was able to restore my original configuration from my boot disk, but
>the first time through my system was garbled (win95 not completely
>uninstalled)
>
>anyone else ever encountered this error?  Any suggestions or comments
>would be most appreciated.
>
>Isaac Bull
>
>Bassoon/Contrabassoon,
>Vancouver Opera Orchestra
>and Freelance legal assistant
>
>New Westminster, B.C., Canada
>

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Date: 1999/02/03
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