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In article <816895313snz@dozey.demon.co.uk>
           robimrie@dozey.demon.co.uk "Robin Imrie" writes:

> After installing Windows NT 3.51 the NT boot system complained that it 
> could not read the hard disk. I think it is because of the disk manager 
> in the boot sector that allowed my old 386 to access all 730Mb. Does 
> anyone know how to/whether:
>         1: remove this disk manager.
>         2: fdisk and format will accept all 730Mb
>
Don't know, never installed NT on a IDE system.  But in my experience NT
can be fussy about the hardware.  If its not on the HCL, there is no
guarantee that it will work.  Because NT uses it own 32-bit disk driver
to access DOS formated disks, I would imagine that it is the disk manager
causing the problem.

Seeing as you have a newish motherboard, I assume that drives > 540 meg
should not be a problem, thus I would try reformatting the drive.  

>         3: NT will accept my sound blaster 16
>         4: NT will accept the 2x Creative CD-ROM attached to the sound card.
>
The sound blaster definitly does work, the driver comes on the 3.51 CD.
Again I have not tried the Creative CD-ROM drive, but I installed
on a Panasonic 562 using its own controller, I believe that these drives
are the same.

>         5: Would O/S2 be a better option?
> 
Depends on what you are trying to do.  Personally I prefer NT over OS/2
but then again I haven't tried NT with a 8 meg PC.

> The motherboard is a Pentium type with a P90 + 8Mb (which will be upgraded to
> 16Mb soon). The Hard disk is a Western Digital Caviar.
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> -- 
> Robin Imrie
> 
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Rajesh Varia     raj@c4rv.demon.co.uk