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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 25 Apr 2004 15:44 GMT

Hi, I recently did a quick restore on my computer and ever
since it has not been recognizing my floppy disk
controller, or my PCI IDE controller, they are all listed
in my device manager with a yellow ! The box that says
disable 32-bit protected mode drivers is checked which may
lead to part of the problem because if it's not, the
computer can't start in anything but safe mode, and from
there I can't install or uninstall anything. I've been
working for days and can't seem to fix this. PLEASE
HELP!!!!!
Thanks

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Bert Kinney - 25 Apr 2004 16:00 GMT

Hi,

Try to remove the drives and controllers (and any duplicates)
in question from Device Manager in Safe Mode.

If you boot with a startup disk, are the drives accessible?

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> Hi, I recently did a quick restore on my computer and ever
> since it has not been recognizing my floppy disk
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> HELP!!!!!
> Thanks

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 25 Apr 2004 17:08 GMT

I do not have a startup disk only a quick restore. I can
remove them just fine from safe mode and install them just
fine in normal mode. However when I restart the computer
it wont start again in normal mode, I have to check the
force compatibility mode disk access in the system
configuration or it wont start in normal mode. When I
start it in normal they all again have the yellow ! by
them again.

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Bert Kinney - 26 Apr 2004 20:12 GMT

A Windows boot disk can be downloaded here. www.bootdisk.com

Here are a couple of articles related to the issue.
MS-DOS Compatibility Mode Problems with PCI IDE Controllers:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;151911&Product=w98

Troubleshooting MS-DOS Compatibility Mode on Hard Disks:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;130179&Product=w98

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> I do not have a startup disk only a quick restore. I can
> remove them just fine from safe mode and install them just
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> >> HELP!!!!!
> >> Thanks

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