Re: 32 bit disc driver: validation failed (repost)

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From: Robert Wilson
Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 00:00

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In article <869221276wnr@ttelmah.demon.co.uk>, Roger Hamlett
<roger@ttelmah.demon.co.uk> writes

>Almost certainly, you are trying to turn on 32bit disk access, with a
>drive larger than 1/2gB fitted.

Aha! You're right

>The standard driver with Windows, does
>not support drives over this size. This requires a replacement for the
>standard WDCTRL driver. If your HD is Seagate ... [snip]

Well I looked inside the computer, and the HD is remarkably anonymous,
though it is covered with numbers and bar codes.  However, now I know
what the problem is, I'm less worried about the solution.

Thanks

-- 
Robert Wilson

Turnpike evaluation. For information, see http://www.turnpike.com/

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