Bios disabled?

The problem is likely with the BIOS on the separate controller card being disabled,
or the drivers not being installed.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Anthonage" wrote in message
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Is it SCSI or IDE?

IDE

Is the hard drive controller integrated on the motherboard, or a separate
controller
card with its own BIOS?

Separate controller

What type of hard drive is it?

4 month old Western digital 40gig

Have you recently flashed the BIOS on that computer?
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Never had

Your additional IDE controller card might well have a BIOS (like a SCSI
controller does) and if it detects no attached disk it might disable itself
and make an announcement.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Anthonage" wrote in message
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The BIOS it refers to is not the motherboard BIOS, but is something like
a
SCSI hard disk controller BIOS. In this case the message is probably
correct
and can be ignored, unless you

You know, I think you hit on something. I do have a controller card
installed
that is suppose to give me my total useage of a 40 gig hd. The original
Bios is
limited to 32 gigs. I did try to reinstall the software for the controller
card...but something is preventing me in doing so. I keep getting message
that
no Fixed hd found. Last time I used this computer, prior to removing the
hd and
controller card, it was working just fine..no virus.

Your additional IDE controller card might well have a BIOS (like a SCSI
controller does) and if it detects no attached disk it might disable itself
and make an announcement.

Well, I did some more tweaking and some how I've managed to get rid of that
Bios disabled message. At Post time, I was able to see the name of my hd and
38000 gigs, so that must mean my bios of the controller card is working and
acknowleged the hd. ..and yet as the post progress it still says no driver
found. Go figure. Anyhow with my startup disk, I was not able to get my cd rom
driver installed. It says no driver found again. I went to Fdisk and this time
I was able to see my hd info. I have C, D,and E partitions. I made C active and
then later did sys C: It worked ' systems transferred' came on. So now the
problem is that I cannot get my cd rom acknowledged. Without that I cannot
install my OS on drive C: for that was empty as a slave drive on the other
computer. One other thing, is it possible that my power supply is not working?
But then again, if its not, how am I able to get to the point I have arrived
at?

You can check power to the CD by simply trying to open the drawer with the
front panel button - if the drawer opens it is powered.

The bootdisk creating utility available at www.bootdisk.com provides drivers
for almost all known CD drives. The only exception should be drives that
use a custom port on a sound card. Unless you drive is a very unusual type,
this bootdisk should work. If it doesn't, you should check whether the CD
drive has failed, or whether there's some problem with the installation.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (DTS)
"Anthonage" wrote in message
...
Your additional IDE controller card might well have a BIOS (like a SCSI
controller does) and if it detects no attached disk it might disable
itself
and make an announcement.

Well, I did some more tweaking and some how I've managed to get rid of
that
Bios disabled message. At Post time, I was able to see the name of my hd
and
38000 gigs, so that must mean my bios of the controller card is working
and
acknowleged the hd. ..and yet as the post progress it still says no driver
found. Go figure. Anyhow with my startup disk, I was not able to get my cd
rom
driver installed. It says no driver found again. I went to Fdisk and this
time
I was able to see my hd info. I have C, D,and E partitions. I made C
active and
then later did sys C: It worked ' systems transferred' came on. So now the
problem is that I cannot get my cd rom acknowledged. Without that I cannot
install my OS on drive C: for that was empty as a slave drive on the other
computer. One other thing, is it possible that my power supply is not
working?
But then again, if its not, how am I able to get to the point I have
arrived
at?

The problem is likely with the BIOS on the separate controller card being
disabled,
or the drivers not being installed

No, the controller is okay, i believe it was my m.b. But now I don't get that
message anymore..still can't get to use my cd rom for os installation.

What controller is the CD-ROM on....the motherboard or the add-on controller card?
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

"Anthonage" wrote in message
...
The problem is likely with the BIOS on the separate controller card being
disabled,
or the drivers not being installed

No, the controller is okay, i believe it was my m.b. But now I don't get that
message anymore..still can't get to use my cd rom for os installation.