After installing AVAST the OS fails to recognize my 20 gig SLAVE HD, my CD, or my DVD.
The BIOS in Setup lists everything as it should.
Once Windows loads and I type in my password a message appears (TO FINISH SETTING UP YOUR HARDWARE YOU MUST RESTART)
I restart and the message appears again.
So I cancel and I'm able to work with the 80 gig C:\ drive but the DEVICE MANAGER lists the CD, DVD, and Both GENERIC IDE DISKs with red X's and both PRIMARY and SECONDARY IDE Controllers with yellow examination's. When checking DRIVERS and RESOURCES everything is OK with no conflicts. The PERFORMANCE TAG reveals the 80gig DRIVE C:\ is using the MS-DOS compatibility mode file system.Whatever that is!
EXPLORER lists the FLOPPY and C:\ DRIVE but no SLAVE HD, CD, or DVD.
Both 80 gig MASTER and 20gig SLAVE HDs run WIN98se
Booting to the 20gig SLAVE results in EXPLORER listing everything OK except the 80gig MASTER is listed twice as both D:\ and E:\ DRIVES and still using the MS DOS Compatibility mode. I've tried every configuration of ribbon cable including two MASTERS on separate cables with the same result.
I've removed AVAST from START-UP so I don't think it is the problem. I also replaced the C-MOS battery with no change.
So now I think that some type of DRIVER must be corrupted on the 80gig MASTER but have no idea what to look for. If I did could I not simply copy and paste the good DRIVER from the 20gig SLAVE to overwrite the corrupted DRIVER on the 80gig MASTER?
__________________________________
Business Directory
portable air compressor