Ah well - at least you're back up and running!g

(Check in your BIOS to see if there's an option to Enable USB support in
DOS - it may work for you)

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"alex b" wrote in message
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thanks for your reply Noel.

i booted to safe mode and my mouse didnt work (usb mouse) so while im
navigating to the device manager with the keyboard i got a few blue screen
of death crashes. so i restart and all is fixed?!?! no more DOS mode and
the
hard drive isnt shown twice.

i had already tried removing some of the devices u listed but never in
safe
mode so maybe when i booted to safe mode that was all it needed. :-)

cheers
alex.


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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Reboot to Safe Mode
Open Device Manager
Remove ALL HD's
Remove ALL CD's
Remove ALL IDE Master Controllers
Remove ALL devices in 'Other Devices' branch if present
Remove ALL error-flagged devices
Reboot to Normal Mode - Windows will reinstall the drivers - see if that
helps

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"alex b" wrote in message
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hi ppl.

Im trying to install my samsung 40gb HDD as a slave drive but in "my
computer" it is listed twice as drive D and E.(exactly the same size
with
the same data on each) In the performance tab of System properties it
says
"drive D is using incompatable DOS mode"

Ive tried reinstalling new "VIA bus master PCI IDE controller", and
"Generic
IDE disc type 47" drivers and changing the jumper settings and im just
about
to reformatt..... Can anyone suggest something to try fix this
problem??

T.I.A
Alex