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Re: Windows and new hard drive
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:23:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Fredrik Glöckner writes:
> So now I am stuck with a new drive, but no CD ROM access under
> Windows. Do anybody have any idea how to retrieve it?
Is it necessary to have MSCDEX operating to recognise a
CD-ROM under Windows? I thought that was all embedded in
the OS but one never knows. I haven't used SCSI peripherals
since the days of Windoze 3.1.
Just a thought,
LFB
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| (...) Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think that's related. I can still disconnect the new drive, and the SCSI CD ROM becomes available as E: like before upon the next bootup. So I think the drivers are all there. Fredrik (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Windows and new hard drive
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| Installing a new drive with Linux is easy. You just physically plug the drive in and boot up. Then you can issue three commands and you're all set. Under Windows 95 it is much harder. I originally tried to partition and format the drive with Linux. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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